CORRESPONDENCE.
(To the Editor.)
Sir. —IMease allow me space in .which lo challenge (he statement made by Gr. Coley at last meeting of Iho Council, fie said (lit: late Gas Manage)' had lo work holidays and Sundays, the inference being lhal the stoker got off. Now. Si)', 1 have never had a day off on holiday on any occasion, except my annual leave, during three and a-half years. Furl her, I worked every Sunday till iTcenlly, when by a mutual arrangement will) Ihe late .manager he took two Sundays a .month, and I find two off, which ■moan I that while 1 did a fortnight on end he did I wo days, or one Sunday, every two weeks. 1 deem it my right to let the public know that (Jr. Coley’s remarks are contrary lo fact. Also lhal I must defend myself. B’hcimvcr a slalntory holiday came round 1 mostly did I he full day alone, iind never once was able to gel off for anything.—■-Yours, etc., E.G. MARTIN, Gasworks Stoker.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2147, 8 July 1920, Page 3
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171CORRESPONDENCE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2147, 8 July 1920, Page 3
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