HOURS OF STAFF
WORK AT HOSPITAL AUCKLAND DISCUSSION Three notices of motion put forward by Mrs. M. M. Drcaver at a meeting of tho Auckland Hospital Board, proposing a readjustment of hours for the hospital staff to a flO-hour week and increased wages, were ruled out of order by the chairman, the Rev. W. C ! . Wood, oil tli© grounds that shorter hours for the staff would involve additional annual expenditure amounting to £21,750, and that salaries and wages could only be reviewed at the end of March. Mr. Wood told Mrs. Drcaver it would not be possible to draw the Governments attention to the matters, as the iorm in which she had .introduced them was contrary to the .hoard's' constitution and its general interest. Mrs. Drcaver: I protest, seeing the motions are on the order paper.
The Chairman : I cannot allow you to speak to the matter. kill's.’ Dreaver: I disagree with your yuliaig. .The Chairman: That is disorderly. You must accopt my ruling.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19123, 18 September 1936, Page 9
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164HOURS OF STAFF Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19123, 18 September 1936, Page 9
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