DRILL AND WORK.
A SIXTEEN-HOUR DAY.
TO-PRIVER'S PLEA FAILS.
J1 " Offering as an excuse that he worked from Seven in the morning until eleven at. night, a youth, N. B, Hughes, made an application in the Police Court yesterday for exemption from military drill. '• Hughes said he was employed by a motor-bus proprietor as a driver, and found it impossible to attend drill as well 'l.jjit.works t .work 16 hours a-day. ( ; f - The Magistrate, Mr. Poynton: I cannot believe that-anybody in this country --, works from seven in the morning until eleven at night. That is going back to .-..- the old days. What about the -Arbitration Court—is your employer not under an • award ? Hughes said there was no award covering hours and conditions in his occupa- , ! tion. Remarking that the hours seemed incredible, the magistrate refused the appli- -• p oation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19125, 17 September 1925, Page 13
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