Over-worked Clerks.
Napiek, March 8. At the S.M. Court to-dߣ*| rthe manager of the Bank of New^Z^|a|i^, was prosecuted under th£ " § hops 'jxad and Shop Assistants' Act ■ for work, ing .clerks *at unlawfulrhouw. The. facts! ifefeiiDi ; iKsp«t*Jj but; for the; defence it was urged that the clerkß were not engaged in the ordinary buftf-'^ ness of thej|jfckf|»T^£rorkwas in connection ««fii s*fcj««>#l to produce documents given h^ i?*l^l^ 8 in an action in thd* Supreme Court against the bank. They had to produce correspondence extending over oveY tHfee yWT^^etwwnt the head' office and the Napier branch. The work had" to be 1 doiie at bn'ce and it would not have beenadviSsbleto have it donjedutside as the" private affairs of clients would haveVbeen "exposed; 1 The j correspondency had nothing to do with j the current business of the bank> Th0~8;M; reserved judgment.
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Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8605, 9 March 1897, Page 4
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