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REFUSAL BY SLAUGHTERMAN PRISON AS ALTERNATIVE [TVY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHHISTCHURCH, Monday Because he refused to apply for work, Arthur David Laurenson, a slaughterman, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by Mr. H. I'. Lawry, S.M., in tho Maintenance Court to-day. Laurenson was charged with disobedience of a maintenance order and it was stated that he had neglected an opportunity to apply for work.
Defendant sairl he would riot ask fof work because liis union forbade liim to do to.
The magistrate warned him that ho was liable to six months' imprisonment, but lie reiterated his refusal to seek work.
Lauren»;on was thereupon sentenced to six months' imprisonment, the issue of the warrant being suspended for one week.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21404, 31 January 1933, Page 10
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121WORK NOT SOUGHT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21404, 31 January 1933, Page 10
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