CARETAKER'S NEGLIGENCE
SWIMMING COUNCIL LIABLE.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. TIMARU, Wednesday.
During the New Zealand swimming championships, 'Francis Balt.on, Of Wanganui, left a watch and other articles with the caretaker of the municipal bathing sheds, and the articles were stolen. Boiton claimed from the Council the value of the articles, £44 4s 9d. in giving judgment for plaintiff for the amount claimed, and costs £3 19s, the magistrate said the caretaker did not exercise reasonable care, and that there had been gross negligence.
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15276, 28 June 1923, Page 5
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