APPRENTICE’S APPEAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3938, 4 May 1929, Page 3

APPRENTICE’S APPEAL.

DIFFICULT CASE. Auckland, May 1. A carpenter’s apprentice named Alfred (Stanley Martin appealed to the Arbitration Court against dismissal by his employer, Adams and Hine. “jl was th|e only iOhristian on the job,” he said, “and it was hard to get on with the others. I have too good an opinion of Christianity to turn it down.” The secretary of the Builders’ Association, opposin'* the appeal, said that the appellant had given dissatisfaction because of his inefficiency on scaffolding and frequent absences from work. At Christmas Martin took an extra week’s holiday and was dismissed. The appellant said that lie could not walk on scaffolding because he was nervous. He denied that he had told the police that his employer had told another boy to swear at him. In giving the decision Mr. Justice Frazer said that though there was a suggestion of priggishuess in Martin’s behaviour, his employer was probably not one to be sympathetic with the lad. It would be useless to send Martin back, as his life would no doubt be made a living hell by the others on the job. The case was adjourned for three months. In the meantime the Registrar of Apprentices would be appealed, to for the transfer of Martin to a suitable firm.