UNWISE APPRENTICE

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 170, 6 April 1923, Page 5

UNWISE APPRENTICE

ACTION BY LABOUR DEPARTMENT. "It seems ridiculous that when a man becomes a little useful to his employer he should calmly walk away.” So said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when dealing with the case of a young man named George L. Austin, who was proceeded against by the Inspector of Awards (Mr. J. Jackson) for failure to complete his apprenticeship u;ith the Wellington Publishing Co. The defendant, explained Mr. Jackson, had been apprenticed to the bookbinding and printing trade, and a'ter serving nearly four years with the company had terminated the engagement without notice. Advised by the Department, he had returned to his employment for eighteen mouths or two years, hut ho had finally left without completing the apprenticeship, and gone to Raetihi. He had declined a second invitation io return, and had informed the Clerk of the Court that ho would rather pay the full penalty. His Worship gave judgment for.the amount claimed, £5.