OBITUARY.
MR H. F. RITCHIE. UJNITEIi t'BBSS ASSOCIATION— BY CI.KCTEIO 'i'BLEuaAPH—COPYRIGHT.) ' 'TORONTO, February '22. Mr Harold If. Ritchie, president ol the firm of that name, and an industrialist with interests extending throughout the world, died to-day, aged 52 years, following a recent operation. His firm had branches m London, Sydney, and Wellington. During an application by the Aucklaud Clothing Trades' Union secretary to have an industrial agreement converted into an award at the Arbitration Court, Mr Justice Frazer was endeavouring to ascertain from the woma nseeretary in the witness box to what category corsets belonged. "It seems that corsets are neither clothing nor shirts. W'ell, then, what are they?" "They arc wrap-ofts," exclaimed the general secretary for the various clothing trades, Mr J. Clark. "Well," said his Honour, "I am afraid that I am nono the wiser vet."
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20789, 24 February 1933, Page 17
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138OBITUARY. Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20789, 24 February 1933, Page 17
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