CLAIM AGAINST UNION
WAITRESS'S,ACTION A NON-SUIT ENTERED (Per United Press Association) WELLDSTGTON, June 8. Holding that the plaintiff, Mrs, Ivy Ellen Clarke, a waitress, had no claim against the, [Wellington Hotel, Club arid:. Restaurant: Workers' Union, Mr J. If. LuxfordV S,Mr, in a reserved judgment delivered ■■. in the Magistrate's Court to-rday. entered a non-suit and ailbv/ed the,'defendant union costs accordirig'to icafe. The case arose>i iota a meeting held on; March 22! last to' choose the union's delegate to the Easter conference of the Federation of Labour and the New Zealand Labour Party. The plaintiff, who. was represented by Mr C. A. L. freadwell, claimed £2O damages, alleging that she had been wrongfully deprived .of her right of selection as delegate. The plaintiff alleged, that the chairman of the meeting refused to accept her nomination as a candidate fpr.elecr tion as delegate and ruled that she was not eligible for election because she had not paid her union dues :to .date. '.»•' •: .'..'-.. V ■:■ '■•'> ' r '■•'
Mr F. W. Origley appeared ior; the defendant union. '■ ' ,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23828, 7 June 1939, Page 10
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171CLAIM AGAINST UNION Otago Daily Times, Issue 23828, 7 June 1939, Page 10
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