CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION.
REJECTED BY THE COURT
Per Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, Oct. 10. Some months ago Lawrence Vincent Payne was fatally burned through his clothes catching fire, and to-da.v his widow unsuccessfully claimed £Bl7 as compensation in the Arbitration Court from a sasli and door company. Payne was working witli a tractor at tho mill, and lie spilled some oil on his clothes. He washed them with benzine, put them on again, struck a match to light a cigarette, and his clothes ignited. Payne jumped into a water-race, but he was so severely burned that lie died in hospital.
Mr Justice Frazer held that the accident had been caused through striking a match for his own purposes and not in the course of his employment.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 267, 11 October 1932, Page 4
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126CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 267, 11 October 1932, Page 4
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