PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE.
REPROVED FOR DEDAY. CHRISTCHURCH, April?. The Arbitration Court awarded the widow of a South Canterbury drover, who waa . thrown from a horee and killed, £SOO com- ! penaation and expenses. One of the defences raised was that action was barred by th& f Workers' Compensation Act, as it had not! , been brought Avithin six months from the date of death. The cowt, in holding against the defendiants on this point, attributed the lapse ot; time before the action was brought to no fault of the jilaantiff, but to delay on the part of the Public Trust officials, who were originally acting for the widow in dealing with the matter. The judgment commented in very strong terms' this delay on the part of a Government department.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3448, 13 April 1920, Page 5
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127PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE. Otago Witness, Issue 3448, 13 April 1920, Page 5
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