HOTEL EMPLOYEES' HOURS.
WELLI"\T.TOX. March 4. ! In tho hotel workers tli&puio in the Arbitration Court the evidence of; worker.-; was given regarding the long ; hours worked and the M:cces.iful opera- j tion of the six days' wee;-: in Sydney. Mr Beveridge. president of tho ( Licensed Victuallers' Association,, and j licensee of tl»» Grand Hotel, gave cvi- j den co that to award a six days' week ; would penalise the Wellington hot-els; against every other part of New Zea- j land. Such a concession would cost J tho Grand Hotel alone nn additional : sum of £717 per annum to run. v He ! handed in a balance-sheet of on condition that, it was regarded as [ confidential. : _Mr Carey, for th.c union, objected to: this procedure, and contended that tho j union had no opportunity of controvert- , i>ig the statement-;, and. further, that . the ouestion of proii: and lo«s in tho ; iudnstiy should not be considered in j filing wnnrs. Tbe president (Mr Justice Stringer) thnt he eo'dd not receive Hnlance«htv»t.i, but employer* were 'Uit-'h-d to . s'iow what, ihe granting of demands | wo"ld i**i**in Tiie Court reserved its d* >r *i>ion. i
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14908, 5 March 1914, Page 9
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