RECHABITE DISPUTE
Court Reserves Decision
Decision was reserved by Mr. Justice Reed in the Supreme- Court, Wellington, yesterday in the dispute concerning the headquarters of the RechabiteOrder. Alfred Martin, brassfounder, Christchurch. suing on behalf of himself and others of the New Zealand District Independent Order of Rechabites, proceeded against Mrs. Agnes Gain, Dunedin, Franc Davis, Wellington, retired, Joseph Jobson, Wellington, public servant, William Carpenter, Wellington, secretary. Matthew Jeffery. Wellington, gasfitter, Frederick Clark, 'Wanganui, traveller, A. Gain, Dunedin, manager, George Skipworth, Invercargill, insurance officer, and Charles Bascand, Christchurch, manager, district officers of the Rechabite Order, asking direction of the court to enforce a decision of a district conference of the order to move the head office from Wellington to Christchurch, Defendants contended that the district council had no power to make such a decision. Mr. R. Hardie Boys (Wellington), with Mr. 11. P. Smith (Christchurch), appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. W. D. Goodwin (Wellington) for defendants.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 143, 13 March 1937, Page 13
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155RECHABITE DISPUTE Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 143, 13 March 1937, Page 13
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