ARBITRATION COURT.
JUDGE’S FIRST CASE. PARTIES’ NON-APPEARANCE. AN ADJOURNMENT GRANTED Y WELLINGTON, Tuesday. When Mr Justice Page, the newlyappointed president of the Arbitration Court, entered the Court to-day •to hear his first case,, counsel for plaintiff and defendant in turn admitted that they did not know where their clients were. The case was a claim for compensation by James Constantine, boot repairer, from Philip Gordon Brazier, for injuries alleged to have been received while be was employed by defendant. Mr Fitzherbert appeared for plaintiff and Mr O’Leary for defendant. “I will have to ask for an adjournment in this case, as I cannot locate plaintiff,” said Mr Fitzherbert. Mr O’Leary said defendant was missing and he did not ' know his whereabouts, but he bad been instructed by insurance interests to oppose an adjournment. The hearing was adjourned until .May 10. ___________
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Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19564, 1 May 1935, Page 6
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