“TAILOR-MADE” SUITS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13845, 3 September 1908, Page 6

“TAILOR-MADE” SUITS.

USES OF A FACTORY. [BT TELEGRAPH —PBESS ASSCCLITJO.V.] ■:- Wellington, Wednesday. What was described by Mr. Cr*--3, i»i- ---" 'spector of awards, as a serious .case; of a breach of the tailors* award was heard by His Honor Mr. Justice 'Sim. and; Messrs." S. ■'■ Brown and*J. A. McCrilough in the Arbitration Court to-day; 7 Clause? in the .award: provides teat all bespoke work shall be done is .the shop of the employer, for whom ■ -the'same''is performed, and for whom or 1 by whom the 'order is taken. Proceedings were taken against' Glass and Lewis, tailor?, by the Department on Una ground that they -had. committed a breach of : this clause .in taking orders fromvarious persons between June and December last year, and Living the garment* made up in a factory, contrary to the awaitd...". :Mr. :■ Levvy,"' on belialf of ' the ..-respondent; lewis, stated that the partnership had t-tej dissolved', between the two parties. A. breach of the award was admitted, bat \\~ Glass" was the partner really responsible, as:. Mr. Lewis was always outside travelling to obtain, orders. He would . ask thri. Court, for leniency, as Mr. Lewis was innocent in tie matter. Mr. Le Crea described the shop run by the respondents in Taranaki-street in the latter half of 1907* as a. "mere, blind," No work was done there. Orders were taken lorsuit®, but all clothes were made in the factory. In six months £170 14s 3d had been paid to the factory for the make-up of garments, which were sold as tailormade. They.were taken from the factory in an unfinished condition for. & "try on," and returned marked for alteration. The Court held that it was impossible, i from the statement of fact made by the inspector, to believe that a breach had been coinmitted without the knowledge of Mr. Lewis, and he must- suffer for what his partner had done. , A fine of £5 and costs would be imposed.