SEVEN-DAY WEEK

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 April 1942, Page 2

SEVEN-DAY WEEK

SUGGESTED IN AUSTRALIA I .— NEED OF CONTINUOUS WAR PRODUCTION. CALL-UP FOR LABOUR CORPS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright! 1 SYDNEY, April 6. ' The introduction of a seven-day working week with time off staggered throughout the week, lias been suggested to the Federal Government, says the Melbourne correspondent of the Sydney “Daily Telegraph.” The Government is concerned at the almost complete cessation of production at weekends, and at the congregation of large crowds at sporting and other functions. For security reasons the Government is especially anxious to discourage the congregation of large crowds. Cabinet has not yet considered the matter. It is unlikely to agree to the big retail stores or hotels remaining open on Saturdays and Sundays, because it is anxious to curtail this type of public spending, but it is felt that the war factories which now close and essential services such as Post Offices,banks, insurance companies, and food retailers, could be opened at weekends. The first group of men between the ages of 45 and 55 years will probably receive their call-up notices for the labour corps this week. Bank managers, auditors, and others in white collar positions will be called up for clerical work, and men in non-essen-tial industries accustomed to heavier work, for labouring. The call-up will include married and single men.