Westport Coal Company (Limited) v Champion - (1906) 26 NZLR 590

Employers' Liability Acts — Injury by Accident — Compensation — Employment "in or about a Mine" — "Coal-mining Operations" — "Mine" — Trial by Warden and District Court Judge with Assessors — Jurisdiction of Warden — Appeal — Election as to Act under which Plaintiff would proceed — "The Coal-mines Act, 1905," Sections 3, (2), 58 — "The Mining Act, 1905," Sections 305, (m)., (n), 316, (j), (k), 338.