- An accident which occurred in a drainage trench on the Claudelands racecourse l5, 1926, when a labourer, William Henry M'Ewan, was injured through the walls of the trench subsiding and burying him, led to a case in the Supreme Court at Hamilton on Wednesday last, where M'Ewan sought to recover £1545 damages from his employer. The jury’ returned a verdict awarding plaintiff £1250.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3808, 8 March 1927, Page 11
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