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Hotel and Restaurant and Private-hotel and Boardinghouse Employees Six Days a Week Bill. The Labour Bills Committee, to which was referred the above Bill, has the honour to report that it has carefully considered same, and reports the Bill with amendment-, as shown on copy attached. 25th November, 1921.

Daylight Baking Bill. The Labour Bills Committee, to which was referred the above Bill, has the honour to report that it has carefully considered same, and recommends that it be not allowed to proceed. 12th December, 1921.

Factories Bill. The Labour Bills Committee, to which was referred the above Bill, has the honour to report that it has carefully considered same, and recommends that it be allowed to proceed, with amendments shown on copy attached. 12th December, 1921.

No. 269. —Petition of G. Messenger and 81 Others. Praying to be excluded from the provisions of the Hotel and Restaurant and Private-hotel and Boardinghouse Employees Six Days a Week Bill, 1921. I am directed to report that, as the subject-matter of this petition has already been dealt with in the Hotel and Restaurant and Private-hotel and Boardinghouse Employees Six Days a Week Bill, the Committee has no recommendation to make. 12th December, 1921.

Public Holidays Amendment Bill. The Labour Bills Committee, to which was referred the above-mentioned Bill, has the honour to report that it h"s carefully considered same, and ecommends that it be allowed to proceed, with amendments as shown on the copy of Bill attached. 19th December, 1921.

No. 302.—Petition of J. Austin and 1,798 Others. Praying that the Shops and Offices Act be amended to permit of another poll to fix the half-holiday being taken a year after that already held. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make. 19th December, 1921.

No. 312.—Petition of A. E. Furse and 143 Others. Praying that the Shops and Offices Act be amended to permit of another poll to fix the half-holiday being taken a year after that already held. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make. 19th December, 1921.

No. 313. —Petition of A. Morgan and 305 Others. Praying that the Shops and Offices Act be amended to permit of another poll to fix the half-holiday being taken a year after that already held. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make. 19th December, 1921.

Shops and Offices Bill. The Labour Bill, Committee, to which was referred the above-mentioned Bill, has the honour to report that it has carefully considered same, and recommends that the Bill be allowed to proceed, with amendments as shown on the copy attached. 21st December, 1921.

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