44-HOUR WEEK

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25934, 14 October 1949, Page 10

44-HOUR WEEK

S. ir > —;I hear that an industry, the Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, is to begin immediately a 44-hour week. The workers- apparently were not consulted. If this industry has resorted to longer working hours because of lack of staff, then our Labour leaders have led us astray, as they promised the people tnat military conscription in peace time would not affect production. At Wigram and Burnham camps we have Wr On un P rodu ctive work and a liability to the economy of our country. I sincerely hope that all workers who voted for conscription w in realise ijow they have made a rod for their own backs.—Yours etc. „, , ’ ONLOOKER. October 10, 1949.

7„ [T ™ e mana Ber of the Kaiapoi Wool«rn Manufacturing Company, Ltd (Mr W 'i ■ Ca £, e y ) I,ad n °t comment to make on this letter.]

DELAY AT RAILWAY’ CROSSING Sir, —Would the district traffic manager of Railways consider five minutes 35 seconds (timed) an unreasonable time to be held up for shunting operations at Waltham road crossing? This occurred at 4.42 p m on October 6. and is not an isolated case of a long “hold up.” The district engineer might try his car or «Z Cle thia “level” crossing some time This problem would be simiwLh? » at of other users; that is, whether to go over or under the rails ;.; i i 1 , S K PreSUm ! d J that no responsibility —Yours a e C tc Pted f ° r fractured s P ri ngs October 7, 1949. HAD IT.

IThe District Traffic Manager of the Railways Department says: ‘This matron rfin? 1 ? 8 lnv estigated and if it is sarhvVoirt r ° ad trafflc . was unnecessarily held up, appropriate action will be taken. The condition of the level week”f WaS attended to early in the

THE CLAN MACPHERSON ri?[ r, M? er u is a more about the Clan Macpherson. Macpherson, son of the parson, is a name of ecclesiastical origin, and the clan formed a branch “Z 1 ]? c .’ a 2 Chattan Confederation and disputed with the Macintoshs the leadership of that confederation There seem to have been several families of Macphersons, but the family of Cluny emerged the most important. The first definite mention we have of the Macphersons is in the roll of broken clans in the act of Parliament of 1594; thev are not in the act of 1587. I could go on but space does not permit.—Yours etc.,

r xx ,4 TULLOCK CASTLE. Lyttelton, October 11, 1949.

Sir.—Your correspondent will understand his clan motto if he remembers that the word “but” or "bot” in this case Is lhe equivalent of the presentday word “without.”—Yours, etc,, READER. October 12 1949.