Time Lost Equal To 33} Days
(P.A.; AUCKLAND. This Day. The aggregate working time lost through voluntary and unnecessary absences during the year was equivalent to the complete closing of the company’s mines for 331 working days, said the chairman of Taupiri Coal Mines Limited (Mr F. M. Winstone) at the annual meeting of the company today. Eecausc individuals tended to take a day ofi.' now and then the cumulative effect tended to pass unnoticed. The psychology of the miner was undoubtedly one ot the prime factors in the failure of production to meet the community's needs. He added that in view of the men’s attitude it was doubtful whether any purpose was fulfilled by keeping mines working on holidays and back Saturdays. Shorter hours and the increased rates paid on such days encouraged absenteeism on norma! days.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19460627.2.77
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 27 June 1946, Page 6
Word Count
138Time Lost Equal To 33} Days Northern Advocate, 27 June 1946, Page 6
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in