DAMAGES AWARDED
INJURY TO WATERSIDER By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON. November 19. In the Supreme Court to-day a waterside worker, William Gordon Brown, who suffered injuries when a sling of cargo broke during the loading operations on the steamer Abel Tasman on December 7, 1933, was awarded £271/4/6 special damages and £l5O general damages, less £l4B/14/8 already paid in compensation. In his judgment the Chief Justice said: “I desire to absolve Captain Ness from blame. He recognised that a rope sling was an improper one to be used and gave instructions for wire slings to be used. While he was away a rope sling was employed, and it was the use of that sling that directly brought about the accident to plaintiff.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19961, 20 November 1934, Page 9
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121DAMAGES AWARDED Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19961, 20 November 1934, Page 9
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