An Award Case
B; Telegraph.—Pre» Asaooiation. : 1 "Wellington, this day. Mr J. H. Hanking, solicitor, was recently awarded £450 damages by a jury at Pal-' merston North for injuries received by his buggy overturning, on a railway pros-' sing in : flint town.'; It' Was claimed' that tlie Depattment had, under, tho Railways ■ Act of 1900, 1 to maintain the »|reet for 38 feet from the, rails, and it was'.al* : Ir'ged they h«d /ailed to do'so, and that the rails projected abovo the street, and caused the Bcpidont,!., The Crown is now applying for a new trial and for a cbaogo of venue to Wellinqtcn, and, in! addition, . ihkt the questions of liiw.be arguod before tbo Court of Appeal. \ .■ j ~'; ; Later, Judgment has been reserved in the 1 Hankins Appeal Court owe."
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1458, 17 October 1905, Page 2
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