TO ELIMINATE NIGHT BAKING

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 18, 16 October 1920, Page 6

TO ELIMINATE NIGHT BAKING

UNIONS APPROACH MINISTER,

A conference of delegates" from the Bakers' and Pastrycooks' Unions of New Zealand met this week and passed the following resolutions:—(l) That bread and cakes of all descriptions for sale to tho public shall be manufactured between the hours of 7 a.nr. and 6 p.m. daily. (2) Sunday work to be prohibited. (3) This section shall not apply to doughmaking. U) That all .bread ahull be 12 Jiours old before being sold or delivered. A deputation, introduced by Mr. G. Witty, ALP., wailed on the Hon. Sir William Hemes, Minister of Labour, in connection with, the above, and urged, that a Bill be introduced embodying the 'proposals outlined. The Minister gave a sympathetic hearing to the delegates, and said that a strong case had been presented, and if it did not increase tho price of .bread that was a 6trong point in its favour. The Minister suggested that an amendment to the Factories Act would meet the position more expeditiously, and would be preferable fo presenting a Bill so lato in tho session. The daylight baking Question had been presented to tho Prime Minister, the Hon. W. F. Massey, when Minister of Labour last session, arid Mr. Hemes promised to consult Mr. Massey on the matter and' see if the proposals presented could be acted upon.