THE SHORTER WEEK.
MORE EXPENSE TO THE GOVERNMENT. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. (Received Jan? 4, 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 4. To-day will see the inauguration of the 44-hour week throughout the State. The shorter hours will 1 mean considerably more expense in the big Government departments such as the railways as the employment of some hundreds of extra men is necessitated. The extra expense occasioned to the contractors of the big harbour bridge will he borne by the Treasury under the special provision contained in the contract.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 4 January 1926, Page 5
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86THE SHORTER WEEK. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 4 January 1926, Page 5
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