SUMMER TIME.
OPINIONS IN THE SOUTH
Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, July 10
Recently the executive committee of the Dunedin Manufacturers’ Association issued a circular to members asking their opinions on the effects of the summer-time experiment on the production of their factories and on the health and general fitness of their employees. (1) What were the effects of the experiment last summer on the production of your factory or works? — Fifty-eight members have replied. Twenty-one said that they could trace an improvement in output, 33 said that no effect was noticeable, chiefly because the period of trial was Loo snort, and four replies were indefinite. (2) What were the effects on the health, spirit and general efficiency of your employees?—Fifty-<fight members have replied. Thirty-eight .staled definitely ilia I, there was an improvement, 1!) said that no effect was traceable, and one reply was indefinite. (3) Arc you in favour of llie re-enact-ment of the hill for a further period of trial.—Fifty-eight members have replied. Fifty-five were iu favour of reenactment, employing 5007 hands; two were unfavourable, employing 30 hands: and one was indefinite, employing 49 hands.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3817, 12 July 1928, Page 4
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186SUMMER TIME. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3817, 12 July 1928, Page 4
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