THE HALF HOLIDAY QUESTION.
[by telegraph.—press association.] Wellington, Tuesday. A deputation waited on the Minister of Labour to-day, and asked him whether clerks in shops were to be treated as shop assistants, and what they were to do about closing until the Conference decided upon one day for all. In Wellington the Conference would not meet till January 21, and the Act is already in force. Mr. Rees said the second case was rather awkward, but it was clear to him that as the Act is in force shopkeepers must close on one half-day in the week. Until the Conference fixed the day, they could choose their own. As to the first question, he would interpret the Act to mean all persons employed in clerical work in connection with shops were shop assistants. To hold that because a man did some clerical work in a shop therefore he was an office clerk, and entitled to a half-holiday on Saturday too, would be ridiculous. He would take the opinion of the Grown law officers on the point, but in the meantime the Act would bo interpreted in the way he indicated. If there was any difference of opinion he would have the construction placed on the Act made public.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9714, 9 January 1895, Page 5
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208THE HALF HOLIDAY QUESTION. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9714, 9 January 1895, Page 5
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