LONGER HOURS OF WORK
BEING REVERTED TO IN FRANCE INVERCARGILL, SOth January. A tribute to the boldness and tenacity j of M. Daladier, the French Prime Mini ister, was paid by Mr L. Hazel, overseas manager of Radiation. Ltd., who arrived by the Maunganui to-day. Mr Hazel, who lives in Paris, said that there was a tendency in France to revert to longer hours of work. The working man there on a 40-hour week did not know what to do with himself. The railways and some factories were going back to a 45-hour week. France was surrounded by countries which had a 48 to 50-hour week, and this meant serious competition. The financial position of France was improving. Undoubtedly mistakes had been made but they were being corrected and the outlook was definitely better. In England business people were uneasy about New Zealand import restrictions, but lack of definite news was the chief worr3'. Spending power in New Zealand had increased, but overseas people wondered if it was an artificial rise or sound finance.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 31 January 1939, Page 9
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174LONGER HOURS OF WORK Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 31 January 1939, Page 9
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