ARBITRATION COURT
WATERSIDE WORKER’S CLAIM. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Monday. In the Arbitration Court Herbert D. Jamieson, a waterside Avorker, claimed compensation from the NeAA' Zealand Shipping Company as the result of an accident. Plaintiff alleged that while Avorking as a AA'harf labourer in May, 1928, in the employment of defendant company, when picking up a lanyard he AA r as struck in the small of the hack by the ball of a crane. He sustained permanent disability and had been totally incapacitated. The company had aided him to the extent of 233 12s -id, equal to 68 weeks’ pay. Plaintiff claimed an additional amount and costs. Defendants denied 'permanent incapacity. The Court allowed £75 10s 4d, being half the full compensation for nine months, and £l2 12s expenses.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17984, 1 April 1930, Page 3
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