40-HOUR WEEK
RETAINED IN NEW ZEALAND ASSURANCE BY MR SAVAGE DENIAL OF RECENT STATEMENT By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLIN' GTON, Wednesday “The 40-hour week will not go,” declared the Prime Minister, the Right Hon. M. J. Savage, in an interview in the press. ‘He was commenting on the statement of Mr M. 0. C. McCaul, of Wellington, that “If we wish to save our standard of living we musL sacrifice the 40-hour week,” which statement was made at the annual dinner of the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce, which Mr McCaul addressed on behalf of the Associated Chamber. M/* Savage said he considered New
Zealand one of the most richly endowed countries in the world, and in spite of what Mr McCaul had to say tho 40-hour week would not go.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20831, 15 June 1939, Page 10
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