BAKING INDUSTRY

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19945, 23 July 1936, Page 2

BAKING INDUSTRY

~ ‘ - ‘v v V i SI’hLIAL tAtJORb APPLY. 3 i __ i ,3. SHORTER HOURS UNWORKABLE. i ._..-. i i .\l‘uh‘l..\.\‘ti, Thursday. 3 in .i l‘uachL‘d judgment the .\rbitra- i tion Luiu'i nil: i'uu'd that the iU—hour 3 \\ccit \\uuld he impracticable in the ‘ baking industry. “inch in l'uture will \\ork d \\'cUlL ut' H hours, the nmxl- . mum pcrmittcd hy the Fucturies Amendment Act, I'J'JIJ, instead of 46 llultt's, us hitherto. 'l‘hc Court considers that. on the present margin hetnccn the controlled prit-v: ui' Iluur and bread. and having rcgiirtl to the length at baiting pru—i'L‘bSCS and the small size of most. of the 500 bakeries in Ncw Zeulund, u »iU«huur week 01' either live or six days is inipmrtii'iihii', "The industry concerned in these application»! is the linking iii‘ bread. tu—gciiicr with. us :i'suilsiilim'y activity, the halting ut’ smaii south," states the judgment. “The prices payable by butters t‘ut- tiuut'. and the prices charge—able by them to the public for hrrtul, have hccn tixcd by the Minister ut’ ln«lusirius amt Utnnnicrrc, pursuant to the prmisiulls ol' the Board 01' Trade Act, 1919. " \\'o think it is clear, from the evidence addm-cd hcforc us, that, unless the margin between the cost payable by hakcrs for flour and the price übtninilhlc by them for rcud were increased hcyonti the prurient llgure. it would be impracticable for them to carry on this; industry cuiciently on a 40—hour week. The Court considered that to compress into the limits of a rive—day week the baking or breati sntilcicnt to meet. the needs of the puhilc would he unworkable. iiefervnce was made to the time factor and the itinicuitics of small bakeries. ' ..