THE FORTY-HOUR WEEK

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21905, 5 October 1936, Page 6

THE FORTY-HOUR WEEK

APPLICATION IN THE RAILWAY SERVICE Replying to a correspondent who recently commented on the 40-hour week in the Railway Department, the general manager of railways (Mr G. H. Mackley) gives the following particulars: —. “(1) There are at the present time approximately 18,000 employees engaged by the department. This number fluctuates somewhat according to the volume of work offering. “(2) For the purpose of giving effect to the 40-hour week, additional employees are being engaged as reauired, and so far more than 800 applicants have been selected for appointment. "(3) The current applications for employment remaining on the books of the department aggregate more than 10,000, and far exceed the departments requirements.”

Because the levee which the King held at St. James’ Palace on May 23 coincided with the birthday of Queen Mary, holders of certain Orders attended wearing their “collars.- Collar gays—there were 35 last year—are days on which, if decorations are_wom, the riband of the Garter, the Thistle, the Eath, St Michael and St George, the Royal Victorian Order, and certain other Orders, is replaced by the collar of the Order. Only one collar must be worn at a time, and it is laid down in Court regulations that collars must not be worn after sunifet, except by the King’s special command, so that they are rarely seen at public dinners, receptions, or other evening functions.