“DEMOCRACY GONE MAD.M

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16714, 21 April 1922, Page 7

“DEMOCRACY GONE MAD. M

HOTEL WORKERS’ HOURS. MINISTER MISSES HIS MEALS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian s-nd N.Z C’ablo Association. (Received April 21, 8.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 21. Sir Thomas Henley. Minister of Railways and "Works, fresh from an experience of a tourist resort, declaim* ! loudly against the. injurious effect which the forty-four hour system is having 1 on tourist business. He and hi 6 family arrived at an hotel a few minutes j before eight o’clock at night and were told that they could not have their dinners, which had been already paid for, because, under the system, no meals were served after eight o’clock. They had to content themselves with a makeshift meal. Sir Thomas Henlev. having to attend a Cabinet meeting, had to leave early next morning, and was compelled to go without his breakfast, which was included in the bill, because the staff would not atnrt before eight o’clock. ! Th© Minister declares: “ The tone of this tom-fool legislation included in the award represents democracy gono mad. The only remedy is to sweep such awards out of existence, and give the country an opportunity of returning to sanity and progress.”