AN unreasonable: rule. AUCKLAND, July 5. Mr E. C. Cutten, S.M., has given judgment in the case of the New Zealand Plumbers and Gasfitters’ Association versus the Wellington Plumbers and Gasfitters’ Union for £8 3s, fees alleged to be due. The defendant- union purported to have resigned from the plaintiff association, but the plaintiff contended that this resignation did not. comply with the rules. Defendants urged that the rule was unreasonable and unworkable, and therefore invalid, as it- required that- the union desiring to resign must submit the signatures of all its officers. The Magistrate said the rule was quite unreasonable, though there could be no objection to the demand for reasonable notice. He thought a member of the association was entitled to protection against a rule that was quite unreasonable unless in quite exceptional circumstances. Judgment was given for defendant, with costs.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3513, 12 July 1921, Page 24
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