"NOT ISOLATED CASES"
Drivers Working More Than 11 Hours at a Stretch "These are not deolated'cases; it appears to be tho usual thing to allow these men to work more than the usual time," said Inspeetor J. H. R. Semple to Mr J. Millcr, S.M., in tho IS'apier Magistrate's Court this hiorniug as he prosecuted tho Highways ' Trausport Co., Ltd., Palmerston North,- for allowing drivers /to work for continuous periods amounting to more than 11 hours an 24.; As the inspeetor stated that the case had b'een brought as warning,- a conviction waa entered and the defendant was ordered to pay Ooort costs. Mr Semple produced copies of the time-sheeta of the firm, and >a repreeentative stated that a reorganisation of the time-table would probably «lin*inats tha fxouhlfi/ " v
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 126, 14 June 1937, Page 8
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