AN INTERESTING CASE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14705, 4 June 1920, Page 3

AN INTERESTING CASE.

(Per Press Association.) C'H 15ISTCHrRCH, Juno 4. \n iuure.-uiig case W!ls opened at Supreme Court to-day .hetore JusH.rtiir.ari and a jury of twelve. «T:« •> rlaiin for £IOOO damages for loss f die <i"ht of an eye by H. 11. Ur!*hari fifteen years of age, who is rnceed' n ' r against the Ashburton High SJool Hoard through his guardian. th C statement sets out that on June 2, init) an explosion occurred during an rtoenment in a class room. The master •as pa-paring mixtures from bottles *from the school laboratory, and, Zufr w his negligence and that ot Ime other .servant of the Board a fffon' r chemical was used through a tottle beiim incorrectly labelled. An «nlosion occurred, and as a result the .[Lt'itf lost the sight of his lett eye. The statement for tl»* uefcenco. m addition to a general denial, is that the Ashfmrton High School is a public tffiooi established by tin- Legislature, and carried on without remuneration, under th" control of the .Minister of Education, and is for the public benefit. an<s ""t for private ga:n. '! ne sole Mr o'.ving to the plaintiff w;>s li> profile a competent teacher in mernniry. j nl i this had been done.