AN OFFICER S DISMISSAL. WELLINGTON, March 3. Reserved judgment was given to-dav b? Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M. in the action brought by the inspector of awards against the Canterbury Shipping Company for alleged wrongful dismissal without notice of an officer, William Webling. The company contended that the action of the officer in allowing a case of nitrio acid to be stored in the hold constituted negligence sufficient to warrant Jiis dismissal. Evidence was given that his action was one of inadvertence. The magistrate held that in view of the officer’s record of good service one act of negligence did not justify the company in dismissing him. A penalty of 10s was imposed, with £2 costs.
“TRY METHVENS ” (ESTABLISHED 18861. Cut Gears, Racks, Worms, Worm Gears. Special Machinery. SHOW &OCUIS: GEORGE ST., DUNEDIN. Box 501.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3756, 9 March 1926, Page 81
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