ARBITRATION COURT.
COMPENSATK IN CASES. AUCKLAND, April 22. In the Arbitration Court, in the case of William Boosey versus Edward Brady, a claim for injuries to defendant’s heart, alleged to have been received by plaintiff in lifting heavy pots while in defendant’s employ as a coo it, the Court held that plaintiff was suffering from chronic heart trouble, and that the injuries were not caused by lifting pots. Judgment was given for defendant. In an action brought by William Wilson against the Hikurangi Coal Company, aclaim for the Joss of the sight of an eye, alleged to have been caused through being struck in the eye by a piece of coal which flew off a pick, plaintiff was awarded £154 Is 5d and costs (£l2 12s). Douglas Campltell Mutton was awarded £139 is 0d and costs against the Auckland Harbour Board for the loss of a fore-finger, due to injuries to his thumb received while employed at hammer and drill work by the board.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3085, 30 April 1913, Page 12
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