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A CURRENCY DISPUTE I By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, June 10 On March 30 J. Ballantyne and Company, Christchurch, applied to the Court of Appeal for an interpretation of a contract made by the company’s agent in London by which Mr De Bueger was engaged by the company as tailor and cutter for three years at a remuneration of £7OO a year. To-day judgment was given by a majority of the Court—Mr Justice Ostler, Mr
Justice Blair, and Mr Justice Kennedy —allowing the appeal with costs. They held that the payment of £7OO per annum in New Zealand currency made by the company was a full discharge of the salary agreed to be paid under the contract. In a dissenting judgment the acting Chief Justic, Mr Justice Reed, considered that the question involved was purely one of construction and in his view should be dismissed. Judgment was entered in accordance with the majority view with costs.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20441, 11 June 1936, Page 5
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157APPEAL ALLOWED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20441, 11 June 1936, Page 5
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