£30,000 CLAIMED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19315, 4 May 1937, Page 11

£30,000 CLAIMED

MOTOR CAR FATALITY ACTION IN AUSTRALIA . SYDNEY, April 23. Mention was made in tho Supreme. Court yesterday of an action brought under the Compensation to Relatives Act in which £30,000 is claimed. It was stated that the man in respect of whose death tho action was instituted was 'of magnitude in the community." Muriel Hainsworth Boynton. and the Perpetual Trustee Company, Limited,, executrix and executor respectively of the estate of the late Arthur William Boynton, are suing Charles William: McLeod for pecuniary losses resulting from the death of Arthur William Boynton, who- received: fatal injuries at Flemington in May, 1936. It is alleged that McLeod negligently drove a car in which the deceased was a passenger, and which was in collision with some cattle. On behalf of McLeod,. a plea of not guilty has been filed. The losses said to have been suffered are being sued for on behalf of the widow and her daughter. Mr. Justice Davidson, on being told that a witness had come from the United States to give evidence at the trial, said he would endeavour to arrange for a hearing earlv next week.

tho share-milker vary according to the term of tho contracts, but it is usually found that he himself has to meet all the expenditure for oilpower, milking machine and separator replacements and harvesting. In addition ho has to keep in repair all farm implements, irrespective of the condition of such implements at the time he takes them over for farming. It. is contended that share-milkers' are placed in a most unfair position." Tho Minister added that although ho recognised that the problem was one of considerable difficulty, it did not appear to him to be incapable of solution. He therefore suggested that tho parties concerned should get together. In the meantime the Government was investigating tho position from the legislative point of view, and ho thought it would be realised by' both sides that any agreement arrived at. on tho lines be had indicated would bo of considerable assistance to the Government in formulating any legislative proposals that, might be considered essential for the not only of tho'share-milker, but'also of tho dairying industry itself."