THE SHORTER WEEK.
CAUSES MUCH. D ISO RIGAN \> Ail ON WILL HAVE SERIOUS EFFECT ON TRADE. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received Jan. 7. 1.13 p.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 7. The compulsory enforcement of the forty-four hour week is causing much disorganisation in various directions. The courts are flooded with applications for readjustment of conditions. In a number of cases mutual adjustments have been reached between employers and employees. A very general opinion among employers is -that the reduction of hours will have a serious effect on trade and will mean an increase in the cost of living for the general public.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 January 1926, Page 9
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99THE SHORTER WEEK. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 January 1926, Page 9
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