INDUSTRIAL CASE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 11

INDUSTRIAL CASE

: . THE ;FURNITURE TRADE.' ■'.'' ,- ;1 S.MO ■: .; '"■' ■' The : Wellingtoh'!■ ~: FiiTniture V . Trade Union .figured as'plaintiff ~w : . three-fbaseß;, against; empkyers,;,bhdrged;:irith; having; committed breaches';of aWfir.& •'"':;".•''.-.;; ■ Mr.: Fitzgibboh,.'.; who. : fpr : . the.-pliin-tiff,:nhioh;; said .thai, thoi,first :'de-; fondant,:, Albert o,harlcs. : -Hunt; : hadrcngaged an apprentice employed; by another ■cabinetmaker, ':■ because ,'he. : did• hot; feel, disposed, to.'pay a worker'the'full. wagi, l The.: for'ithe maxinium;. pen-, alty. in", this case.' In: regard ito'the second case, ■: hgainst:John Guy Marshall, an .additional"apprentice- hadrbeen' engaged,-: and ;tho' employer had: hot; the; necessary number'' of;': journeymen: ■'-.': The':'third -de-; " fendant ; -.-w'asj: Edward '■' Collie, -''who': .was: charged fmth" ha vih'^;'de^jb''^: i 'pirtioji';'of' .an emp)oye6's;,'iFae^';,,becanso ; : ; )i©: : ; ha 4: .made* mistakes. ; .If : sucli,';a ;practice .'was-.' allowed, there .would be no such thing as ;a : standard .wage. s.Although' it was an imiwrtant: case,-tho.union..believed.'-that 1 'the' offence had : -.been; : cbmmitte'd.vjinwit--"tihgly... •-. ;-. .-..'• .'* ' '-The magistrate.', ordered; .that, .Hunt 'should; pay' a penalty, of £5; -Marshall was convioted and ordered to r pay costs; and' Collio;:(forvwhom--Mr., W; H. D. 801 l appeared) -whs ordered:-to.''payt a-rpen- ■ alty of'iOSl-and'£l:6s. costs,:'-:'<;' : -'"''-m■ ■'"' Referring; to'.the, last, case, ( the; magis-, tfa'te : Said: "\y«''tak6',it;;that ;the-,trade will learn'of', this'-ense,' arid ighordnce will not -be'acoepted.as- anexousoih the future." "'..'

POLICE CASES.

;.;: ;'CELEBRATING HIS'RELEASE.;., ,; (Before, Mr. W;\ Gy;Riddell; S.M.). ~ ii' The. criminal -business; of. .the Magis:trate'a, Court yesterday, occupied .only. :two; minutes,-;.' A-;. Boh: :who-,'had".never ; viously,been beforo ; the' Court, wasvfimld' :55.,..bn pleading guilty to" a' charge of drhhkeiinessV:;,'Daniel;;Hannon':'was,:'also.; oharged' with . drnhke'nhess..- v 'geant Darby said: that iHannoniad 'come out.of gaol bh' : the:.nrovi6'us day.ahd'.had evideiitly' ■'; been :'. : celebratlh{i;' 1 the.-occasion.' This: Iwas/.'nis:: first,::'offence.;' as:.'far .as. dnihkenncss 'was', concerned., .Tho/niagistrate obnvicfed and discharged hini.;.