CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
ACTION BY APPRENTICE JUDGE RESERVES DECISION [BY TELEGRAPH —I'BESS ASSOC I VTCON] WELLINGTON. Monday Decision was reserved by Mr. Justice Reed in the Wellington Supreme Court to-day in the case in which Gilbert Archer, a minor, claimed £SOO damages from S. S. Williams and Company, Limited, upholsterers. He alleged that the defendant company failed to teach him the upholstery trade as they had contracted. In the course of evidence an inspector of the Labour Department said that during the last two or three years employers had found it difficult to find work for their apprentices. Several employers had applied under section 56 of the* Finance Act for relief. Magistrates, on the application of employers, had granted very few cancellations. About 400 applications had been made and only im about 3 per cent of the cases had contracts been cancelled.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21962, 20 November 1934, Page 12
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142CLAIM FOR DAMAGES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21962, 20 November 1934, Page 12
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