MRS FOX-PITT GETS DAMAGES.
(bi cable—press association— coptbight.) (Stdkei "Sun" Sebvice.) (Received January 20th, 11.15 p.m.) LONDON", January 19. Mrs Fox-Pitt was awarded £1895 damages. [A salary of £15,000 a year, plus commission, and with holidays four times a year, including six weeks in summer, 15 guineas expenses daily for fashionable race meetings, expenses for four visits to Paris yearly for a week, each, and six gowns a year averaging £25 each, were among , the terms on which Paquins, Limited, tho West End dressmakers, engaged the dress designer, Mrs Fox-Pitt, in 1923, but the engagement was cancelled at a moment's notice in 1925, the directors alleging that she secretly charged live apprentices a premium of £2O, in addition to £3O each which the firm charged. Mrs Fox-Pitt asserted that the directors assented to charging the extra £2O for distribution among supervisors to induce them to teach the apprentices thoroughly. ]
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18905, 21 January 1927, Page 11
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149MRS FOX-PITT GETS DAMAGES. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18905, 21 January 1927, Page 11
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