TECHNICAL OFFENCE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 13, 9 October 1945, Page 5

TECHNICAL OFFENCE

SMOKING IN BAKEHOUSE GROUNDS FOR PROSECUTION * How many of our-readers understood that it was illegal for; menu bers of the bakery trade to «moke • | whilst engaged in the course of their operations? Such is apparent- 3 ly the case ? and at last Monday * evening's meeting of the Borough Council a recommendation from the "q Health Inspector was read urging , j that a local tradesman be prosecuted for such action. His Worship the Mayor stated that „is he had conferred with the Health Inspector on the matter and had. arranged to make the present of- . fence merely a s but to in-» stitute proceedings''should-it occur again. He added that the man con_ | cerncd had been warned before. "I think that if we instituted -V these proceedings we would cause | a strike right throughout New Zea- 'f

land " declared Gr Canning. "I think t,; it's pretty tough to. expect; a man i to work from about 2 a.m. to 11 a.m. without having a draw. It is permitted everywhere else and I don't think it would be fair to * ask them to stop. With modern ma- f j chinery for mixing the dough there | is no danger of anything His Worship rejoined by stating | j that such ,was not the case at all.

If a man desired to smoke, there was ample opportunity for him to i step outside and do so. He ■ quite, agreed that where the hand-* ;: ling of foodstuffs were concerned it was necessary to have safeguarding ■ regulations. The Inspector had been ;' most reasonable in all his dealings with the trade and was quite satis, fied to give the offender another ' chance. \ ~