LAW QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3595, 6 February 1923, Page 39

LAW QUERIES.

(AB.W ered by a solicitor of the Supreme Cont§ •f New Zealand. Letters and Telegrams must b# addressed to “LEX,” c/o Editor. Otago Witness DnnedJn.] “Dick” asks: Can a sawmiller decline to pay to a waggoner for. a fortnight’s holiday at Christmas after two years’ steady work excepting Easter Mondays and Goo<! Fridays? Answer.—Yes, unless the waggoner is working under the provisions of an award which provides that wages must be paid to employees for a fortnight’s holiday. •’Wages” asks: Have I any claim for wages, which have been owing to me for three years ? Answer. —Yes. •An Old Balfour Settler.”—As the directors of the company are complying with the provisions of the Articles of Association of the company you have no legal remedy in the matter.

‘Duncan.” —(1) If the facts are as stated in your letter, you can refuse to make any payment in the matter. (2) You have a claim for any loss you have sustained. Disgusted.”—Your rules should specify the method of giving notioe of a meeting. (2) If this is the usual method of giving notice of a meeting of the society, it will satisfy the requirements of the rule. (2) In the absence of any specific direction in the rules, it is submitted that if a member, whom it is reasonably possible to summon, is. omitted to be summoned, the meeting will not be duly convened. (4) If the meeting is duly convened for that purpose but not otherwise.