DAMAGES CLAIMED
ACCIDENT AT COLLERIES (For Press Assn.) HAMILTON, Sept. 14. A claim for £1895 damages for injuries received in an accident on the Waipa Collieries private railway was brought before Mr Justice Blair at the Supreme Court by Frederick George Herbert, a labourer. The accident happened last November. A. trolley manned by Herbert and John Chandler Hill, plunged over a viaduct after collision w’ith another trolley. Both men were seriously injured. Judgment was for the defendant colliery company on the ground that Herbert failed to keep proper control of the trolley. This does not affect, a claim under the compensation law, which will be considered.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 220, 17 September 1928, Page 8
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106DAMAGES CLAIMED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 220, 17 September 1928, Page 8
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