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CLAIM FOR DAMAGES

SEAMEN SUES HIS UNION (United Press Association.) WELLINGTON Feb. 19. A case is being heard in the Supreme Court in which a sea-, man, James Macgregor, . claims £IOOO as damages from 'the Wellington Seamen’s Union on the ground that plaintiff was wrongfully expelled from the union, which expulsion had since prevented him from following his usual occupation. According to counsel, some time in December the plaintiff was on the steamer John, on which also was a young fellow named Simpson. A complaint was made that the lastnamed was not a member of the union and plaintiff offered to pay his subscription. The offer was refused. Later the plaintiff complained to the assistant secretary of the union regarding the matter, and the assistant secretary demanded from Macgregor the amount of the latter’is subscriptions then due. Macgregor went to the union office, paid the money and said the assistant secretary should go about his business in a more isoher manner. He did not mean, in any sense, that the assistant secretary was drunk. Next day the executive of the union met, and Macgregor was told to apologise to the acting secretary. He declined to dp so, and he was expelled from the union, but he denied receiving notice of expulsion. It was alleged that, at the instance of the union, he was prevented from shipping on various cbastal steamers under the threat that if he was employed the crews would come out.

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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 20 February 1920, Page 5

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CLAIM FOR DAMAGES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 20 February 1920, Page 5

CLAIM FOR DAMAGES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 20 February 1920, Page 5