DECISION RESERVED
CLAIM BY APPRENTICE By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, November 19. Decision was reserved by Mr Justice Reed in the Supreme Court to-day in the case in which Gilbert Archer, a minor, claimed £SOO damages from S. S. Williams and Co., Ltd., upholsterers. He alleged that the defendants failed to teach him the upholstery trade as they had contracted. In evidence. Inspector Goodacre, of the Labour Department, said that during the last two or three years employers had found it difficult to find work for their apprentices. Several employers had applied under section 56 of the Finance Act for relief. Magistrates, on the application of employers, had granted very few cancellations. About 400 applications had been made, and only in about 3 per cent, of the cases had the contracts been cancelled.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19961, 20 November 1934, Page 11
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132DECISION RESERVED Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19961, 20 November 1934, Page 11
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