LINESMAN'S INJURIES
£4385 CLAIMED I IN' HOSPITAL TWO YEARS ( Special to Times) AUCKLAND, Thursday. I A claim for £2500 general, 'and : £IBBS special damages was brought I j by Frederick John Harris, telegraph ! linesman, of Huntly, who has been in | the Auckland Hospital since October! 12. 1935. against Andrew Johnstone! Fletcher, labourer, of Morrinsville, in tlu Suprei • C urt yesterday. Mr A. H. Johnstone, K.C., for plain- ) tiff, said that on the morning of October 12. while crossing Beach Hoad from the Auckland railway station, plaintiff.' who was manager of the Huntly Rugby j Team which went to Auckland to plav Manakau. was run down by a ear! driven Fletcher. ||e suffered a corn j injured rielit hand, nid Revere shock 11 ■ Vr. .it is <ii‘| 111 Vi —• ■ 11 * '■ .mil s ,„| til .1 111 ,111 event,! t v.m if il o*uid be field tli.tj '!•'lf■ inliint j v. I- -ui H > "f .my neghc-mre. which I w. .i-nie.l. plaintiff lum-eli v..,, cub! v Of contributory negligence, and but for j -i: •i. •• • n»nt• 11♦ ■■ r > no-iic-m. ll <- ,-iJ The case was adjourned until to-day,'
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19380217.2.74
Bibliographic details
Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20426, 17 February 1938, Page 10
Word Count
184LINESMAN'S INJURIES Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20426, 17 February 1938, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Waikato Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in