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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 36, 24 December 1943, Page 6

Banana Prices Residents of Apia, particularly banana growers, have been pleased to note that recently the New Zea-. land Press has taken up the problem of banana prices in Samoa and New Zealand. While the. producer in Samoa is paid f>s Gd a ease, the New Zealand consumer is charged about fid a pound... and the middleman, in this case the New Zealand Government., has not revealed who gets the margin between cost and selling price.

Printers' Employees' Holidays A l'fw weeks. aiio workers approached the Federation of Master Printers and referred to both Christinas l):iy and New Year's Day falling on a Saturday, with Boxing Day Tailing on a Sunday, and., in terms of the Public Holiday Act, being observable on the. Sunday." The employers were asked what generous gesture, might be anticipated i'rom them in granting a day or days in sLilisL i 1 ut ion of the three holidays which fall on non-working days. The employers have decided to grant two extra days in addition to the annua! holiday of one week customarily taken during the Christmas and Xew Year holidays. The. workers' representatives have expressed themselves as satisfied to accept the conelusion reached for a minimum of two extra days.