MANY HANDS ON A LIGHT JOB

NZ Truth, Issue 1147, 24 November 1927, Page 5

MANY HANDS ON A LIGHT JOB

is ■ li THE Health De|f l partment does l! not deserve the naII tion's congratula11 tions on its meth1] ods of controlling those smelly sul-

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1= N may sell only three ff or four during the || course of a day. ff There is not afj sign of an at" H tendant m the || baths! A re- If

fl if phur baths at Hanmer If Springs. f| In keeping with the exJl ample set by most Govern 7 |I ment departments, it endeayS| vors to see just how much may fl be wrung from poor old John fj Taxpayer. || To have a dip m the pools |1 at Hanmer Springs, the visitor || goes to one window and buys || a ticket. Then he walks to an- || other desk where he hands m || the pasteboard and receives a 11 towel. Thus, it takes two H people to sell a 6d. ticket — |I and; m the slack season, they ii ' :•' £,„„„ niiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiniiiiniiiiiiiiim iimimiiiimwHmMMumiNmmHmimimiHmMimimmmi

cent visitor stated that, during [| one afternoon, he was the only fj person to use the baths. It || took two people to sell him his j| ticket; but, for the hour and j| a-quarter 'he was using the || pool, no one looked m to see jj if he were among the, quick or fi the dead. j§ The men's pool is well over || five feet deep at one end, and || the ©the? pools are deep jj enough to drown m. jj Surely it is possible for fl? supervision to be arranged. || This could be done without if | anyone being overworked.. ff ■• ■'-'■"-. ' - „ l\ iMiiiiuHimiiiummiimiiimmmimiiiimiiimiiiimimimiiiiim mimimiiimiammmiiiii=;