BOWLER’S APPEAL

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12017, 20 December 1924, Page 4

BOWLER’S APPEAL

AGAINST AjCTIDN OF DIRECTORS.

The case of- James Dickson Sievwright against the Wellington Bowling lub. Ltd., Incorporated, m which the plaintiff daime a. declaration against his purported expulsion from the cluh as unlawful and void, an - injunction against the defendant company restraining it from acting on its resolution of expulsion passed on March 26th last, smd £35 damages, was mentioned before Mr Justice Hooking yesterday in Chambers. _ , Mr A. W. Blair appeared for plaintiff and Mr S. A. When far defendants. Mr Blair mentioned that a fixture had been obtained for the hearing if the base that day before His Honour the Chief Justice. The point was then taken that on a certain construction of the club’s rules the Chief Justice would be a member of the dub, as be had been connected with the dub very many years ago. For this reason His Honour had decided that the case would be better heard by another judge. This explained why the matter had come before Mr Justice Hbsking. Mr Wiren, . for the defendant com pany, asked for an adjournment on the ground that he was not ready to go on with the oase, and did not anticipate that the oase would he heard owing to the fact that the Chief Justice was taken to be the only judge available. Mr Blair pressed for the case to be proceeded with, pointing out that the effect of the club’s action prevented Mr Sievwright from taking ■> part in the Dominion Bowling Tournament or from daring on qny Sub green in Australasia. His Honour indicated that the time at his disposal was very limited and the vacation was near) and he had a number of other engagements to fulfil. He suggested that some arrangement ahoplot be came to by the parties to enable the matter to be treated in the interim as'in statu quo ante regarding the plaintiff’s expulsion. It was therefore arranged that the parties should discuss the matter with a view to that erj and mention the case later in the day.