N.Z. EXPERIENCE.
FORTY-HOUR WEEK.
Mr. Armstrong's Advocacy at
Geneva.
HIGHER SPENDING POWER.
United Press Association.—Copyright.
(Received 2 p.m.) GENEVA, June 21,
"If you vote against the 40-hour week for the textile industry you're hopeless," said Mr. H. T. Armstrong, New Zealand Minister of Labour, in the debate at the textile convention of the International Labour Office.
"When hours were reduced to 40 weekly, New Zealand income increased 20 per cent, amounting to £14,000,000 a year, resulting in the demand for goods
increasing enormously,
"Xew Zealand is prosperous to-day because she has increased the spending power of the community. In addition tens of thousands of boys and fiirls are leaving school now and being absorbed in industry instead of walking the streets.
"Conservatives would not dare to repeal the 40-liour week," he said.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 146, 22 June 1937, Page 7
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