TEST CASE DECIDED
MAGISTRATE’S JUDGMENT By Teleir WELLINGTON, May 7. In a reserved judgment in a test case brought by the Inspector of Factories against the Wellington City Corporation. Mr F. W. Stilwell, S.M., holds tramsheds to come within the meaning of the Factories Act. The case was one in which failure to pay an adjuster at least double rates for work regularly done on Sundays, was alleged. The Factories Act, said the Magistrate, defined a factory as any building, office, or place in which one or more persons are employed, directly or indirectly in any handicraft, or in manufacturing goods for trade or sale. It was in the latter words that the Magistrate found ground for the ruling. He held that an adjuster’s work was a reconditioning process, and came within the meaning of the phrase “preparing of goods.” No penalty was imposed, but the Corporation was ordered to pay costs.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20722, 8 May 1937, Page 18 (Supplement)
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152TEST CASE DECIDED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20722, 8 May 1937, Page 18 (Supplement)
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