SUMMER TIME
OPINIONS OF EXPERIMENT By Telegraph.—Press Association. DunCtliu, July 10. Recently the Executive Committee of the Dunedin Manufacturers’ Association issued a circular to members asking their opinions on the effects of the summer-time experiment on the production of their factories and on the health and general fitness of their employees. ■_ The following special questions were asked: — (1) What were the effects of the experiment last summer on the production of your factory or works?-— Fifty-Sight members have replied. Twenty-one said they could trace an improvement in output. 33 said no effect was noticeable, chiefly because the period of trial was too short, and four replies were indefinite. (2) What were the effects on the. health, spirit, and general efficiency of your employees '!■ —Fifty-eight members have replied. Thirty-eight stated definitely that there was an improvement, 19 said no effect was traceable, and one reply was indefinite. .1 (3) Are you in favour of the . reenactment of the Bill for a further period' of trial?—Fifty-eight members have replied. Fifty-live were iu favour of re-enactment, employing 5007 hands, two were unfavourable, employing 30 hands; and one was indefinite, employing 49 hands.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 240, 11 July 1928, Page 11
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189SUMMER TIME Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 240, 11 July 1928, Page 11
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