RESTRICTED HOURS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 138, 13 June 1941, Page 2

RESTRICTED HOURS

.VTTFTI'DK I X WAKTI.M K (By 'ieU-graph Psrlinmcnfnry Rrporrer.) W I'.I.I.IXTITOX. this day. r l iie syslt'm adopted bv the (joverni.iriu for the extension of working hours was defended bv iho Minister of Labour, Mr. Webb, in the House of Representatives last night. Replying to criticism of the retention of restricted hours during the war. he said that it was not his job to tell, industrv what it wanted Industry should tell him and that was being done through the Industrial Enicicncy Council. Where shift work was asked for it was arranged. Mr. Webo referred to the excellent results being obtained in the manufacture of munitions, woollens and clothing. The Leader of the Opposition. Mr. Holland: Are there any industries working overtime at ordinary rates of pay? Mr. Webb: Yes, any amount of them in New Zealand as nowhere else. There was no part of the Empire that had made the same contribution by extension of hours without overtime as New Zealand, Air. Webb The Industrial Emergency Council had dealt with such cases in a practical way and there had never been a division on a decision. The factories and farmers of New Zealand had never worked harder than at the present time and had never been more conscious of their duties.