The Stops and Offices Bill
•* Deputation ia Premier &S Telegraph.—Press Association. Wh.linoton, this day. A uepctatiox of shop assistants waited on tho Premier end asked lo have tho Shops and Offices Bill nndiliod, They feared that tho compulsory paynnnt of overtime would lmvo ab id effect, Thoy a ! so asked that the L\\; largo cities should be allowed to cliooso their own day for the half holiday, What miiictl the towns did not suit the country, uml they fcuroil the cflk't if Saturday was forced o:) an unwilling pouple. Tim deputation was not unini. tlicro was some dissent expressed. The Premier Enid Hint all cniplo - . crs were no! so considerate, mid tho weak must be protected; lm» he th-night an amendment might ho ma;lo lo mom, tho cases of those who did givo holidays and overtime, Ho was in favour of letting towns settle the day fur themselves: by a voto taken over ili;: whole town, and not by single t4eeior.it' =.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1050, 26 July 1904, Page 3
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161The Stops and Offices Bill Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1050, 26 July 1904, Page 3
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