BARRED FROM UNION
From yesterday’s late Edition.
CONVICTED STEWARD REFUSED ADMISSION DAMAGES CLAIM FAILS Press Association. WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Is a man who has been convicted and imprisoned for theft entitled to demand admission to the membership of the Cooks’ and Stewards’ Union? This question was answered in the negative by Mr. E. Page, S.M., in a reserved judgment this morning. Archibald John Bryant, a steward, claimed £25 damages from the union, contending that he was eligible for membership, but had been prevented from obtaining employment open to members of the union. The magistrate said that the preference clanscontained a provision that it should only apply so long as the membership cf the union should be open to any person of good character. Plaintiff had been convicted on two charges of theft and, having regard to the nature of the stewards’ employment and to the many opportunities for committing theft, the action of the union was justified.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 385, 20 June 1928, Page 13
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156BARRED FROM UNION Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 385, 20 June 1928, Page 13
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