40-HOUR WEEK

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12903, 2 July 1936, Page 5

40-HOUR WEEK

COP DIAL MANUFACTURERS SEEK EXEMPTION. f-r-KY,• rt.'Jrt v - FT'"” - ■- additional time Wanted in SUMMER. Atsodhtlbh);' 1 ’ WELLINGTON, July I. On . tho ground that the demand for beverages was heavier in the summer than in the winter, the aerated cordial manufacturers asked tho Arbitration Court to-day for an extension of hours beyond 40 a week. Tlie cost of bottles necessary to. carry summer stock if only 40 hours a week wero worked would be a factor in the prices. The employers asked fot a 48-hour week in the summer: The application was opposed aud tlic court reserved its decision. TIMBER MERCHANTS WANT 44 HOURS DECISION RESERVED (Press Association!. WELLINGTON, July 1. An application for an extension of hours from 40 to 44 was made by the timber merchants and coopers in the Arbitration Court to-dav. In support it was -stated that because -of the close- relationship existing in many, factories between the milling seasoning and the dressing of timber, it was essential for the timber* merchant to have the hours as long as those worked by. sawmilft. In the past, timber merchants had almost invariably found it. necessary to w-o’rk' longer hours than, the building industry. It wair- submitted that a reduction in the ordinary hours to forty would make it impracticable to carry on efficiently. The court, reserved its decision.