THE LOSS OF THE DUCO.

West Coast Times, 24 March 1910, Page 4

THE LOSS OF THE DUCO.

CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION. WELLINGTON, March 23. Two of the claims for compensation, brought in the Supreme Court by relatives of members of the crow of the steam trawler Duco, which foundered between Wellington and the Chatham Islands, have .been settled out of Court, the owners of the vessel—the Wellington Harbour Ferries Limited—having agreed to pay a certain .sum. A special jury had been summoned for to-day for the hearing of the claim brought by Ellen Lang Tucker Waddilovo and William Wardrop Waddilove, executrix and executor respectively of William Waddilove, who was chief officer of the Duco when she was lost. The amount of the claim was for £ISOO. It i 3 not stated how much the Ferry Coy agreed to pay. The Company had admitted liability under the Workers’ Compensation Act and the maximum amount payable under this Act is £SOO.

Another claim which was to have been investigated by a special jury and which ha salso been settled in a similar way, is that of Elizabeth Jane Menard, chief engineer of the Duco. The claim in this case was also for CISOO. There is at least one other claim against the Company still ho be dealt with.