BOARDINGHOUSES AND HOTELS.
One of the most difficult questions which has come before the Arbitration Court of late years has been the distinction between a private boardinghouse and a private hotel.' An" easy-going man in the street might say, "Bring them all in if they take boarders"; but this would hit the private families struggling to eke out a living with a few paying guests. Why should they be brought under an award when people in more affluent circumstances, who employ domestic servants for their own comfort, may do as they- please? Previously the Court has applied- the test of whether meals were supplied and accommodation provided for the general public, and not merely permanent boarders. The Hotelworkers Union, however, does not think this settles the question, and it has cited a number of proprietors of big boardinghouses. Some proprietors of private hotels also consider that these people should be: brought in, since it is plain that they are competitors.' The Conciliation Commissioner has passed the applications for exemption on to the Arbitration Court, which will probably considor the whole question. ' . . ,
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 48, 25 August 1917, Page 10
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181BOARDINGHOUSES AND HOTELS. Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 48, 25 August 1917, Page 10
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