SPURT IN INDUSTRY
24-HOUR DAY SUGGESTED SHIFTS TO REPLACE OVERTIME “ Industry should be working a 24-hour day,” said Mr H. M, Christie, speaking at the Farmers’ Union meeting yesterday, “ but it is not economically possible to do that under overtime rates. Shift work must play an important part in the near future.” Mr Christie was referring particularly to those industries closely connected with farming. He met the union as representative of the Hon. J. G. Barclay, Minister of Agriculture.
“I am satisfied that the woollen trade could bo vastly extended if a 24hour day was worked,” he continued. “ Not only could it supply the whole of New Zealand, but wo could put the trade on an export basis. Canning also should be put on that basis, but in the canning trade as it exists there are certain bottle-necks. They could bo eliminated, making a rapid expansion possible.”
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Evening Star, Issue 23863, 18 April 1941, Page 4
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147SPURT IN INDUSTRY Evening Star, Issue 23863, 18 April 1941, Page 4
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