CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
APPRENTICESHIP CONTRACT (Per United Press Association! WELLINGTON, November 16. Alleging that be had not been properly trained in accordance with the terms of an apprenticeship contract, Gilbert Archer, a furniture upholsterer, claimed £SOO damages from S. S. Williams and Co., Ltd., of Wellington, in the Supreme Court to-day. The plaintiff alleged that he had been deprived of the opportunity of attaining the status of a tradesman ns a journeyman upholsterer, and said he had not been able to obtain work since the expiration of the contract either as an improver, an nnder-rare worker, or a journeyman in the upholstering trade. The defence denied the allegations and contended that the performance ot the contract and the remedies for a Dreach were provided for by the Apprentices Act and the plaintiff was restricted to the remedies of that Act. At the conclusion of the ease counsel for the defence applied for a nonsuit. Mr Justice Reed reserved his decision.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22422, 17 November 1934, Page 14
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160CLAIM FOR DAMAGES Otago Daily Times, Issue 22422, 17 November 1934, Page 14
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