RIGHTS OF THE EMPLOYEE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 87, 6 July 1943, Page 4

RIGHTS OF THE EMPLOYEE

IT would perhaps surprise our readers to learn that the rehearing of the-appeal by an employee of the Whakatajie Paper' Mills, against the: dismissal authority of the Manpoyer Officer occupied the sitting in Whakatane last week for just over two and a half hours. The course of the evidence, the lengths to which the employers were required to go to prove their case is but a further indication of the crippling regulations which are bidding fair to throttle industry, cramp output and maintain a ridiculous price level. Surely it is realised that no employer to-day would willingly dispose of any man who is giving a fair return.

A Maori Prophecy According to an ancient Mrtori who buttonholed a repr<\sentatiA'e of the. Beacon during the week-end,, the steady erosion against the retaining Avail at the Heads is destined to'become a perpetual source of trouble. He did. not bUune the construction, or the sea—merely tapu.

Heavy Frosts The heavy frosts experienced throughout the'district to date have led to a growing demand for iireAvood. Merchants report a steady run on fuel of all descriptions the position toeing aggravated by the coal shortage and the necessity for rationing.