HAIRDRESSERS’ CHARGES

Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1925, Page 1

HAIRDRESSERS’ CHARGES

\ t'CK I.A ND. Del. I. Dubbed hair and bald head', as well as cost of toilet attention and the preference ot young men tor safety razors, came in tor discussion in the Arbitration ( onrl v, lien the hairdressers' dispute was being ei il'idcred.

In reply to Ah’ Hinder. an employer said that a shave cost fid in Dipl, and a haircut ltd. Present charges in Auckland were Od lor a shave and mi an evrat-e of H :td lor a haircut. Air .Justice Frazer: Is there no reduction for a bald-headed man ’ Witness: No. Wo usually charge them more because it takes more time to find the hair. “I think .-having is the dying (loner of the business." said the witness, lie expressed the opinion that the practice among young men ol doing their own -having was on the increase. His Honor: They told u- in Wellington that 'having 'wa- a lost art there, f suppose the safety razor has had a good deal to do with it. Witness said it was not si much this fact as that when Saturday closing eante into force people found it was just as ea-v to shave on every day in the week as on one day. “Of course, he said, "if we raise the prices His Honor: Oh. T do not suggest that you do that. Mr Scott : Do you make anything out of ladies with their holihed and shingled hairr His Honor: T understand they would come to the rescue. Witness: No doubt they have. l>ut I have no provision for lady customer'. Tt would never do if a lady was in the saloon and a man came in “halt seas over" and wanted to tell her the latest story about the leopard. Witness said the only reason many saloons were kept open was to attract customers to the tobacconist shop. No employer would think of taking rent out of his takings in the toilet department. Sales of safety razor requisitos and the women’s hairdressing trade were making up a little in the business as a whole. His Honor: Oh. well, there is still a chance ot business picking up yet.