ADVANCE AGENT'S CLAIM.
COURT AWARDS DAMAGES. [by telegraph.—press association.] WELLINGTON ;. Friday. Reserved • decision' has been j given by Mr. W. •- G. Riddel, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court, in the case Victor Beck, theatrical . agent, versus Captain C. F. Adams, '.".' proprietor of the vaudeville V -."'-, Odiva and her Seals. The, suit wat for the recovery of £200 for alleged breach of agreement? whereby plaintiff was -to have -acted as defendant s ' advance agent in New Zealand. « ■ ■ . . . ': > > The magistrate remarked that it vras the duty of "defendant to have notified Beck of his departure from Sydney bo Chat plaintiff could have prepared to tako up his duty as his: agent. On his arrival at.Auckland defendant offered- other em-' ployment to plaintiff but, in view of the cavalier treatment he hid, received, the Bench was not " prepared !to say ; that Beck was i not justified in refusing this ' offer as he had; done. Judgment! was en* tered for plaintiff for £80 and costs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18547, 3 November 1923, Page 12
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160ADVANCE AGENT'S CLAIM. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18547, 3 November 1923, Page 12
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