LOSS OF LUGGAGE.
SHIPPING CO.’S RESPONSIBILITY. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. By Telegraph.— Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. A claim was heard at the Magistrate’s Court to-day against the Shaw, Sayill Co. for £5O for the loss of a cabin trunk and the contents, consigned from Wellington to Westport, Plaintiff had booked from Liverpool to Wellington and back, and the passenger ticket issued contained a clause undertaking to forward the specified quantity of luggage to Westport. The defence contended that the journey from Liverpool to Wellington was governed by English law and the coastwise journey by New Zealand law. Defendants were not liable for the loss of the baggage beyond £lO unless the value was declared and extra freight paid. This was not done. The magistrate concurred and judgment was given for defendants.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1921, Page 5
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