SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES FOR AN ACCIDENT.
Christchuech, June 17
In the Supreme Court to-duy, a special jury awarded a s:iilor uauied Andreas Nystrom £750 damages against Cameron Brothers, sfcevedoresi for serious injuries caused by six coils of wire f liliug on him from the blings on board the ship Brahmin, at Lyttelton. The accidc-nt resulted from the breaking of the eyebolt to which the guy rope part of the. hoisting gear was fastened by Cameron's men. This bolt appeared .sound, but was rotten. The jury considered the stevedores showed negligence in fastening the guy to it. When the accident occurred Nystrom waa working, by orders of the mate, close to the fore hatch, whence the cargo was being raised The jury found that tbe officers of the ship had shown contributory negligence by placing him there, aud the question of whether the ship or stevedore is responsible will be argued in banco.
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Bishop Julius was installed warden of Ohrisb't! College, Chrihtchiirch, on Monday last by Bishop Haiper. who in bis address said he bad 1 eid that c ffic^ for 33 yearc, during which ti no ab 1 'aal 1500 boys had br-eu in th>- college, including four of his sons «nd 25 of hisgraiulbons. Bi-hop Julius, in his arti'ress, ex-pri'i-sed n grot ihftt the principle of leligious education -on which Christ's College was founded oid not prevail more widely tbroughcut tbe colony. He hoped the; upper department would ia time to come consist not of a few divinity students, with one or two others, but of a large mass of men training for all professions, among them the noblest profession of all,
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Otago Witness, Issue 1898, 19 June 1890, Page 15
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