Answers to Correspondents

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 201, 22 May 1936, Page 13

Answers to Correspondents

I'.JJ.A. I Paliuci-Si.iii North i.—Ak the (ioviTiiniciu lias <l«‘leh.nl tlie daunj r<‘ferring to ie worker'?, there is no point in (•••in inning' the discussion. ‘•Parent’-’ (Te Ktiii iL’he point you makr- has Leon raised on several occasions lately. Leisure and Production Sir,-- I I'caJ with delight JI. Irwin's h'tter in to-day's "Domiaiou.” In Dcei'Uiber, .1933, and November, 1.934, I wrote under a peu-muue suggesting a rwn-siiilt day lor indoor workers, liuvii „ in mind my own experience iu an ..... I eoiihl -et how a two-shift day migln. be applied to brighten the lives of workers in shops and offices, ami thus bring happiness into the homes, which are really Hie backbone of a nation. JI. Irwin points out another aspect, namely, industry, in which a two-shift day apparently could be applied with advantage. A -fit-hour week seems to be looking foe trouble. A two-sbift (lay, where it could lie applied, would spread work and leisure and bring happiness if 1 lie leisure were properly used. The abusers would probab],v lie in the minority, and would eventually desist. Our small population offers a good field for such an experiment.—l am, etc., E. CLARKE. Wellington. May 21.