REFUSAL TO WORK.
SLAUGHTERMAN PROSECUTED. MAINTENANCE COURT CASE. (By Telegraph.—PreS3 Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Monday Because he refused to apply for work, Arthur David Laurenson, a slaughterman, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by Mr. H. P. Lawry, S.M., in the Maintenance Court to-day. Laurenson was charged with disobedience of a maintenance order, and it was stated that he had neglected an opportunity to apply for work. Defendant said he would not ask for work because his union forbada him to do so. The magistrate warned .11 r. that he was liable to six months' imprisonment, but he reiterated his refusal to suck work. Laurenson was thereupon sentenced to six months' imprisonment, the issue of the warrant being suspended for one iweek. > v • . . .
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 25, 31 January 1933, Page 15
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121REFUSAL TO WORK. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 25, 31 January 1933, Page 15
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