WORKING ON ANZAC DAY
AN UNUSUAL CASE • COURT TAKES LENIENT VIEW (Pee United Press Association.) FEILDING, June 13. An unusual case' was decided by Mr R. M. Watson, S.M., at the Magistrates Court to-day. Hector Pearson, owner of a lorry, and two employees —H. Dewe and W. Barrington—-were charged with a breach of the law regarding working on Anzac Day. , , ~ Sergeant Angland stated that the two employees had loaded the lorries with wool and drove to Wellington ■on Anzac Day. • ■ . -• The defendants’ solicitor (Mr T. Pagan), who pleaded guilty for his clients, said that all the defendants were returned soldiers, and they had no desire to be disrespectful to the day. They received a rush order to convey 100 bales to Wellington to catch the Mataroa and this rendered it necessary to work on Anzac Day. It was very necessary for the owners of wool that it should reach this boat. The magistrate explained that the law took such circumstances into consideration and fined each defendant £l.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21979, 14 June 1933, Page 11
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