GOLF CLUB THREATENED
DAMAGES FOR PLAYER LONDON, Feb. 10. Speaking for the Cliftonville (near Belfast) Golf Club, in an appeal againsl £ISOO damages awarded to a golfer who was injured by a golf ball, Mr. Althur Black. K.C., said in Ulster Appeal Court yesterday:— "If the verdict of the jury stands, it means that dozens of first-class clubs throughout the United Kingdom. from St. Andrews down, are guilty of actionable negligence every day of the week and every day of the year." The ball which injured the golfer had been driven from another tee, and the jury had held that the golf club had been negligent in not providing against such accidents. The hearing was adjourned.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19892, 21 March 1939, Page 9
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