THE FORTY-HOUR WEEK

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22958, 13 August 1936, Page 16

THE FORTY-HOUR WEEK

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir—The 40-hour week may be all very flue for the men (excepting farmers) , but what about the poor woman in the house who is doing the cooking? It is not permitted to her to cook only while the men work and to rest while they rest. Of course, many women will not have to cook on Saturdays and Sundays, a 6 their husbands will be away, drinking at the hotels. _ I think it would be an excellent idea if hotels were open for only 40 hours a week. Of course no such thing is likely to happen as long as we have a Labour Government. I think Dr Munro’s words were the truest ever spoken when he said New Zealand would “come a thud.” The statement that a woman’s work is never done has most certainly proved itself true. If women kept to the work set aside for them, instead of taking positions in offices where men should be, a great many men would be employed who are now working on the dole and under the Public Works Department. As for trying to bring women immigrants from England,_ we have far more than can be provided with work. Of course, there are many women who will not come out into the country to soil their hands, and there are not enough entertainments such as there are in the towns. —I am, etc., Fair Play. Otago, August 10.