WORKMAN'S CLAIM
MAGISTRATE'S DECISION (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON. June 16. ’ A woraman, H. 8. Tennant to-day claimed £93 18s from Jenkins and Mack, Ltd., in respect of injuries received vj,en he was struck by a chisel whi«-h fell 100 feet from a plumber above cd the new Commercial Travellers’ Club inilding. Air Page, I.Af., classed the accident as similar to the spilling of a cup of tea or an ;«k bottle, one of th accidents liable to happen at any time and which did ’.ot necessarily entail negligt nee. Ho did not J Link that there was any 1 egligenco on the part of the contractors or their servant and gave judgment lor tho det’cridant firm.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 141, 17 June 1931, Page 7
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116WORKMAN'S CLAIM Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 141, 17 June 1931, Page 7
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