FORTY-HOUR WEEK.
TIMBER MERCHANTS DESIRE EXTENSION. APPLICATION TO'COURT. WELLINGTON, July L An application for the extension <rf hours from forty to forty-four was made by timber merchants and coopen in the Arbitration Court to-day. In support, it was stated that because of the close relationship existing im many factories between the milling, season* ing and dressing of timber it was essential for the timber merchant to have hours as long as those worked by sawmills. In the past the timber merchants had almost invariably found it necessary to work Icmger hours than the building industry. It was submitted that a reduction in the ordinary hours to forty would make it impracticable to carry on efficiently. The Court ‘{reserved*its decision.—(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 2 July 1936, Page 5
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119FORTY-HOUR WEEK. Wairarapa Age, 2 July 1936, Page 5
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