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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 11, 1969
Page
4
Police told Canberra Petty Sessions of Vasa Vuceti a 27 year old Corio Street OConnor man who smashed 600 worth of wall and quarry tiles after a builder refused payment for allegedly incomplete work. He was charged with damage and committal for trial as examiners noted tiles were not laid to specifications.
Mr Justice Sweeney in the ACT Supreme Court in Sydney awarded Gwendo line Schuur of Brerer ton Street Queanbeyan $20,771 75 with costs for injuries from a traffic accident with Nicholls of Moteworth Street Watson. Liability contested. The collision at Honney and Cowper Streets on the night of July 1966, alleged Nicholls' liquor involvement. Also reported: damages of $9,000 plus costs awarded to Leonard Edward Kelly for injuries from a collision at Oley and yyre Streets Kingston on August 2 1968.
In the ACT Supreme Court Mr Justice Nimmo awarded $20000 damages plus costs to Albert Robert Fraser of Causeway who was injured while employed by Commonwealth Railways. Fraser suffered a back fracture and leg injuries after a crane hoist dropped him into a shaft on April 27, 1966. Liability debated. Fraser had been employed at the railways since August 1966 in Canberra.
Kathleen Ross of Pid ington Street Watson awarded 4600 plus costs by Mr Justice Fox in the ACT Supreme Court against the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation for a whiplash injury from a road traffic crash. Settlements include 2000 plus costs for Leonard Nell and 500 plus costs approved for Warren McComas in separate actions. The cases involve several parties at Hackett Court and nearby Concord and Yagoona addresses, with liability admitted.
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