THE ARBITRATION COURT.
—. CLAIM FOR OF A HUSBAND. (Per Press Association.) ••« AUCKLAND, May 3. At the Arbitration Court to-day a claim was made by Mrs. Piercoy to receive £4OO from Macklow Brothers, as compensation for the death of her husband, the master of the wrecked scow Kai Ora. Tihe Court held that Captain Piercey was a partner, even though he was paid wages. The father of Thomas Young, a seaman who was drowned in the Kai Ora wreck, claimed compensation from Macklow Brothers fc'r the death of his son. The Court found that the claimant and his wife were not dependent on the deceased, therefore they were not ontitled to any compensation. In the ‘ease of Mahon v. the Grand Junction Goidmining Company,- in which the mother planned for the death of her son,, through injuries received whilst assisting to start an air compressor engine. The Court found that the accident arose in the course of deceased’s employment, and awarded claimant £l2O compensation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2492, 4 May 1909, Page 5
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163THE ARBITRATION COURT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2492, 4 May 1909, Page 5
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