SUNDAY MEETINGS.
INTERESTING TEST CASE. (Per Press Association.) , DUNBDIN, May 28. * An interesting test case was brought before Mr Widdowson; S.M., this morning to determine whether an industrial union had the right, to inflict fines on members for non-attendance at union meetings held on Sunday. The' parties to the dispute were the fOtago Tramway Union and Duncan Ingle, a member of tho union. The claim was for 3s only; the action being friendly. - "• i Mr Hanlou, for defendant, explained that there was no. direct legal authority on the point, but ho submitted thai if a Court of Justice could not fine a man ■for non-attendance at the Court on a Sunday, an industrial ■ union had'no power to penalise a member for nonattendance :»t a mooting on Sunday. Judgment was reserved.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8850, 29 May 1914, Page 5
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SUNDAY MEETINGS.
Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8850, 29 May 1914, Page 5
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