BREACH OF AN AWARD
AX EXEMPLARY FINE. By Telegraph.—Press Association, Jl Auckland, Last Night. . :|| Before Mr. Kettle, S.M., at the Magith" ! a trate's Court to-day, the Auckland tificated Engine Drivers' Union claimed *! to recover from the Direct Supply pany a penalty of £lO for breach of (in * award. It was stated by Mr. Skelton*, , for complainants, that a man named kinson, who was a unionist, had been: dismissed by the defendant company, '»«j and in his stead a non-unionist was en*. )[|j gaged. Counsel cohtended that the ems-. ployment of a non-unionist in place a unionist was a deliberate breach oS,.'-]!f) the award. a Defendants stated they were not 3& aware of the clause giving preference to /.<S unionists. Atkinson was getting uip iwyears, and when the staff was being (11 reorganised he was dismissed, and the -1 other man taken on. !j| The magistrate said in his opinion this /M was a case for an exemplary fine, and % he inflicted the penalty asked for, costs. "In a case like this," remarked Mr. Kettle, "I think that portion of the : i| fine should be given to the man affected; \« instead of being disposed of as at pre-,\Sg sent." .
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 206, 9 December 1910, Page 5
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198BREACH OF AN AWARD Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 206, 9 December 1910, Page 5
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