MEMBERSHIP OF UNION

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 850, 19 December 1929, Page 12

MEMBERSHIP OF UNION

JUDGE ORDERS ADMISSION WATERSIDER’S CLAIM Special to THE SUN CHRISTCHURCH, Today. An order for a writ of mandamus, commanding the Lyttelton Water-’ siders’ Industrial Union to admit to its membership Edward Gillard, and to enrol his name on the register of members, was made in the Supreme Court yesterday by Mr. Justice Adams. Gillard’s claim for £SO damages for alleged loss of work due was disallowed. Gillard set out in his claim that he applied to the secretary of the union on September 15, 1925, for membership to the union, at the same time tendering the entrance fee and halfyearly subscription, as prescribed by the rules. He his name was entered on the applicants, but he was not elected. Plaintiff claimed that he had been unlawfully excluded from membership, and that he had been on several occasions dcbared from obtaining work through the refusal of the defendants to admit him as a member. Plaintiff claimed £oo damages for loss of work. , It was alleged by the defendants that the membership had been limited to 700 under an agreement. Gillard also set out that he was of good character and of sober habits, as required by the rules.