FACTORY DINING ROOM
QUESTION OF TABLES
When Philip Schneidcmuu \v;is clmryral before j\lf. E. Page, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court to-day with failiug to furnish hia factory dining-room to the inspector's satisfaction, counsel for the defendant, Mr. S W. Vitzherbert, said that owing to the indeiinite nature of the charge, he did not know how to plead. Mr. W. J. Mountjoy, who appeared for the Labour Department, said that the charge was correctly set out according to the award, and that the defendant well knew what the inspector required. "There has been a lengthy correspondence between the Department and this firm," ho continued, "and we have been particularly lenient with them. They have defied us and have not yet provided the necessary tables for the use of the employees. Out of the 108 female employees of the firm there is not accommodation in 1 .c diningroom for 12 of them to sit at a table." In view of this statement, Mr. l'it/,herbert asked that the case be adjourned so that he could look into the matter more fully. The application was granted and the case was adjourned until Thursday next.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 67, 22 March 1929, Page 12
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190FACTORY DINING ROOM Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 67, 22 March 1929, Page 12
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