LABOUR.
: ;. NEWCASTLE. United IriMs Association—Per Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. „,, '■••■ SYDNEY, June 26. ..sine strike of boys. at the Newcastle collieries is spreading. The Hetton mine is idle while notice has„ been given at the •^ambton-and Newcastle pits. ♦' TRIVIAL COURT CASES. Per Press Association. . u ' „,. DUNE-DIN, June 26. At the Police Court to-day the'inspector ot factories prosecuted a- grocer for not .registering his place as a factory, as the mspector found another person other than the owner at work, mixing or grading tea. rhe case was dismissed, as it was not shown that more than one person was. employed. The/ same defendant was then' charged with employing two shop assistants after 1. o'clock on Saturday. On the inspector visiting the place he found the owner and an assistant employing a tank full iof crockery outside, while defendant's daughter was at the' till. For the defence it was,stated that the girl was going to the bank to get same change and went to the . till to get money. The Magistrate thought the case was an extreme one. The assistant was not selling or carrying on business, and the girl who lived on the premises had only gone to the till for money. The case was dismissed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13012, 27 June 1906, Page 5
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202LABOUR. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13012, 27 June 1906, Page 5
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