“HALFWAY AT BREAKFAST TIME”
A minor curiosity of the 40-hour week has been its application to the hours of many of those employed in the licensed trade (says tlie Auckland Star). In some cases the old half-holiday has become a full day, but in others the working hours have been rearranged. The variations are such that many barmen keep a list of duty hours, for at first it is quite impossible to remember them, every day being different. A typical example is the Saturday hours in some hotels, namely, 7 to 5.30, 11.15 to 12.30, 1 to 2.30, and 4 to 6.15 p.m. ‘lt takes a bit of getting used to,” 6aid one employee, “but it is nice to he able to get out for a spell of fresh air in the middle of the morning. I hadn't seen Albert Park dur ing working hours for over twenty years, and the early morning break is a real novelty. It’s like having a half-holiday at breakfast time.”
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13372, 28 September 1936, Page 2
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166“HALFWAY AT BREAKFAST TIME” Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13372, 28 September 1936, Page 2
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