WATERSIDE WORKER GIVEN COMPENSATION.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, March 31. In the Arbitration Court, Herbert D. Jamieson, waterside worker, claimed compensation from the New Zealand Shipping Company as the result of an accident. Plaintiff alleged that while working as a wharf labourer in May, 1928, in the employment of the company, and when picking up a laqyard he waS struck in the small of the back by the ball of a crane, and again when lying down. He sustained permanent disability and had been totally incapacitated. The company had paid £233 12s 4d, equal to sixty-eight weeks’ pay. Plaintiff claimed an additional amount and costs. Defendants denied permanent incapacity. The Court allowed £75 10s 4d, being half full compensation for nine months and £l2 12s expenses.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19033, 31 March 1930, Page 9
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126WATERSIDE WORKER GIVEN COMPENSATION. Star (Christchurch), Issue 19033, 31 March 1930, Page 9
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