HOUSEMAID'S DUTIES
- SHOULD SHE SCRUB BAR? MAGISTRATE SAY'S " VMS." (Per Press Association.) GRKYMOI'TII, last night Mr. Meld rum, S.M., gave a reserved decision in a case wherein a point was raised whether the duties of a housemaid, employed in an hotel, included scrubbing-oul the bar. The magistei itl decision was in the affirmative.
The Inspector ol Awards, Mr. Sneddon, proceeded against a Groyniuuth licensee for not paying award scale, claiming a £2O penalty, the issue heinjj raised tliat u girl -was employed .• ■■: •' paid a- a housemaid-waitress, where'is a " general hand." The majjUti-a.te to-day staled, there u'eic ii'j aittiiorities directly bearing on I lie ,i hit, hut he look the view thai the fluid ('!' the bar was in the same calef;oiv as the hack: il was ;> part of the hotel and had to he kepi dean. No :•;!« no reason to give it exceptional treatment, especially in small country hole!.-', where it would he an absurdity lo exoppl the bar from the housemaid's work. The plaintiff wafi non-suited.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17133, 8 September 1926, Page 5
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