"HOODWINKED THE LAW."
;<FALSE ENTRY IN WAGE BOOK.
AN EMPLOYER FINED £2O
'.■ l ,"He may have helped the young man •in question, but ho deliberately hoodwinked the law," said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday, when P G. Wolfe was charged with wilfully making a false entry in his wages and -overtime book.
V Mr. J. Hollows, inspector of awards, eaid Wolfe engaged a man, and according to his wages book paid him a journeyman's rate of £4 19s a week. However, he had not paid him more than £4 a ■week and tho. engagement of this young man meant the displacement of a. bonafide journeyman. It was a serious offence and accused was liable to a fine of £SO. • Counsel for accused said Wolfe had acted out of kindness toward a boy who bad been out of work for some time.
"The law says ho must keep these /books and he must keep them correctly," thi' magistrate said. "He will be fined £2,0 with costs."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20300, 6 July 1929, Page 16
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