Practice and Precept
MINISTER AND A DAY’S WORK It was 9 o’clock in'the morning that a certain Palmerston North citizen, anxious to speak to the Minister 01 Finance, culled at the ofiice of Hon Walter Nash, in Wellington, lie had an idea that the Minister might be in and then again he might be just a little on the early side. Mr. Nash was in and the caller was profuse with apology for intrusion at this time of day. “I’m sorry for being so early,” he ventured. “Not at all,” replied the Minister. “I’ve been here since S o’clock.” “Indeed,” stated the citizeu. “Don't you observe the -10-hour week that you advocate?” Mr. Nash smiled and then added: “Forty hours for the workers; eighty hours for the bosses.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 65, 18 March 1936, Page 4
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128Practice and Precept Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 65, 18 March 1936, Page 4
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