THE 40-HOUR WEEK
Mr Armstrong Says Has Been Great Benefit
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GENEVA, June 21. "1! you voto against tho 40-hour week, the textile industry will be hope^ less," said Mr. H. T .Armstroug, at the textile couvention of the Internationa] Labour Office. "VVheu hours were reduced to 40 a week in New Zealand, ineome increased by 20 per eent., aniounting to £11,000,000 a year, resulting in tlie demand l'or goods inei'easiug enonnously.'' New Zealand was prosperous to-day beeause of the iuereased spending power of the community. In additipn tens of thousands of boys and girls leaving school were now absorbed ipto mdustry instead of walking tlie streets. Conservatives would not dare to repeal Hhe. 40-hour .week, .......
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 134, 23 June 1937, Page 10
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