INJURY TO CONSTABLE.
ANKLE HURT ON BEAT. | FIRST COMPENSATION CASE. What was staled f ( , tin the first case i in New Zealand of a policeman receiving compensat ion under the Workers' Coini pens-itiori Act for injury received while. I he was on his heat was mentioned in the I Arbitration t.'onrt- yesterday. Mr. Sulli- ! van appeared for the constable, Edwin Rav Young, of Auckland, and Mr. lltihhjp for the. Crown. '1 lie claimant suffered two injuries to his ankle. While on duty at Freeman's Hay on the night of October 2 lie siuuil'led in a rut in the footpath and sprained his left ankle. On November 6 lie again twisted and sprained bis ankle at night on the same beat. As lie developed chronic snyovilis, entailing partial permanent, disability, ho had to bo retired from the police force. Mr. Sullivan informed the Court that a settlement liar! been reached between the parties on the basis of the estimate of a_ medical referee. The claimant would receive £154 and costa.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20619, 18 July 1930, Page 12
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169INJURY TO CONSTABLE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20619, 18 July 1930, Page 12
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