North v Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Limited - [1973] 1 NZLR 675

Evidence — Admission under Evidence Amendment Act 1945 — Accident report made by ship's purser "forms part of a record purporting to be a continuous record" — Evidence Amendment Act 1945, s 3(1)(a)(ii).

Evidence — Admission under Evidence Amendment Act 1945 — Personal knowledge — Accident report made by person not present inadmissible as to the truth of the contents but admissible to prove that plaintiff had made an admission to the maker of the report, which plaintiff subsequently denied he had made — Evidence Amendment Act 1945, s 3(1)(a)(i).