News in Brief.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20625, 28 May 1935, Page 8

News in Brief.

Aviation’s Needs. “ The purchase price of 100 of the best fighting aeroplanes, which would aggregate something in the vicinity of £1,000,000, would not be one penny too much to spend on air defence,” declared Mr W. Stuart Wilson, in a statement in Wellington of his views on aviation in New Zealand. “ What we must do now is to concentrate on aviation. That is the most important thing for this country.” Damages for Injury. The necessity of exercising great care when considering the question of the amount of general damages to be awarded in accident cases has been impressed upon juties by the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) during the sessions of the Supreme Court (states the Wellington “ Post.”) “ Let is be understood by Courts, and let it be understood by juries,” said his Honor, “ that a person who is injured by an unfortunate accident is not entitled by our law and our system of justice to make a profit out of the accident. He is entitled to compensation, but he is not entitled to make, as it were, a moneymaking business out of the accident. . Far be it from me to suggest that a person should be niggardly treated when he claims damages for personal, injury— I always recommend juries not to be niggardly—but at the same time I also suggest to them that they should be careful to see that the accident is not to be allowed to be used as a money-making proposition.”