RED-TAPE RUN MAD.
The following instance of red-tapeis-m really v.-;t.!"7s a lot of beating as an example of addle-pated Horns Office procedure. A chair factory manager ai- High Wyccmbe, Bucks, who emj'lo;,-.-; savi : v;;l hundred ha.nds, recently received the fallowing official communication from a fajton* inspector: — "I am instructed to i77mi you that the period of employment- at present fixed by you ior young persons and women in your factory, namely half-past seven a.m. to half-past seven p.m. is illegal. The Factory Acts require the period to be from 6 a-m. to 6 p.m., or 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., rr 8 a.an. to 8 p.m. I mu<t therefore request that you at once alter your hours so us to bring' them into conformity with the law." The 7.30 arrangement was come to with the employees to suit their convenience. The Factory Act certainly never contempiftitrd the interference of inspectors in such a case.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7201, 12 September 1901, Page 1
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154RED-TAPE RUN MAD. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7201, 12 September 1901, Page 1
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