A SEAMAN'S INJURY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11170, 28 March 1922, Page 2

A SEAMAN'S INJURY

CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION.

CASE BEFORE ARBITRATION COURT.

- : As a sequel to an accident which occurred on the steamship Ngahei'e at Timaru in August last, a claim for compensation was brought in the Arbitration Court Inst week, and concluded yesterday, by the victim, Henry Hyde, seaman, of Wellington, ’againSt the owners of tlio vessel, the Blackball Coal Company, 1,1 d. On Monday, August 15th, IJjraJ', the Ngaliere was in port at Timaru. ing to the statement of claim the plaintiff, together with a man named deooge Skone, was assisting .to replace tt£e hatches on one of the holds. 1-lionO threw his end of , the hatch inwards towards the fore-and-after, but the hatch missed landing, and the end dropped into the hold. Plaintiff held onto his* end to I prevent it from falling below, with tliof result that he suffered from heart strain. I As a result he subsequently became and I bad since remained, totally, disabled. The defendant company bad made certain payments in terms of section 6 of the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act. 1911. totalling j674.2s Cd. This amount was in partial satisfaction of tho plaintiff's claim for compensation, but his condition, it was contended, was such as to entitle him to further compensation. His average weekly earnings, calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation: Act, were not less than .£4 12s 4d,. and the plaintiff, tliereforo claimed weekly compensation at the rate of .£2 6s Id —35 per cent, of his. weekly earnings—from the" date of the accident to tile date of the trial, such lump sum in the wav of future weekly payments as the court considered reason-

able, the costs of the action, and other relief as was deemed just under the circumstances. Tlie defence alleged that the plaintiff continued in his . employment until August 25th: and denied that any accident befell the plaintiff while he was in the aTplov of the company. .’.piigthv evidence and argument was liea.rd. aud the further hearing was adjourned.