CHINESE LAUNDRYMAN’S APPEAL

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 37, 7 November 1942, Page 3

CHINESE LAUNDRYMAN’S APPEAL

Following the'refusal of the district manpower ollicer to permit him to terminate his employment with the Victoria Laundry, Ltd., a Chinese, Dixon lip, appealed to the Wellington Manpower Industrial Committee this week. Mr. W. Ilollings, who appeared tor appellant, said he was 36 years of age and had five children. lie had been employed' al the Victoria Laundry tor tea months, latterly as controller of one of the washing machines, but, this work did not require any special skill, was not onerous, and could easily be done by anyone else with very little tuition. Including overtime, his wages tit present approximated £6/6/- net weekly. Recently, unaware that the manpower regulations applied to Chinese, ho had paid £■(o deposit on a laundry business he had purchased at Palmerston North for £2l >O. Appellant said he was compulsorily contributing 10/- weekly to the Chinese war fund. The laundry business he had acquired was expected l<> net him £l2 weekly. His wife wins in New Zealand on a temporary permit for the duration of the war, after which she would have to return to Chinn with any children who had been born here. The appeal was disallowed.