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(except Marlborough) Bakers and Pastrycooks and their Labourers' award (38 Awards 2049), which provides " penalty rates" for time worked prior to a specified hour (clause 2 (d)), became part of a worker's " ordinary pay " and were to be included in assessing his holiday pay. The extent of the general application of the principle of this decision is a matter on which there is some doubt, and a further clarification of the meaning of " ordinary pay " may have to come from the Courts. In the Court of Arbitration, in Inspector of Awards v. A. M. Bisley and Co., Ltd. (46 Awards 961), it was held that where a worker was absent from his employment for a period of five months through sickness the contract of service was terminated in law by the worker's long illness, and that the Annual Holidays Act had application only to those periods during which the relationship of master and servant continued.

The following table shows the number of holiday cards surrendered and the amount paid out by the Post and Telegraph Department up to 31st March, 1947 :

Reference to Section 18 will show the enforcement action that was taken during the year. SECTION 14.—WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT, 1925 (1) Verification

Weights, measures and weighing and measuring instruments in use for trade purposes require to be verified in terms of the regulations under this Act. The following table shows the work carried out:—

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Period. Number of Transactions during Period. Amount paid out during Period. 1946 April May June July August September October November December 1947 January February March Totals for year ending 31st March, 1947 From 1st August, 1945, to 31st March, 1946 Totals to 31st March, 1947 2,066 2,405 1,828 2,065 2,789 2,736 2,823 2,694 4,015 4,103 3,316 3,137 £ s. d. 3,317 13 2 3,599 7 6 2,811 13 5 3,098 4 8 4,879 3 1 4,651 5 10 4,639 5 10 4,614 8 0 6,434 3 2 5,977 6 6 4,886 6 0 4,625 0 9 33,977 53,533 17 11 23,899 42,078 5 0 57,876 £95,612 2 11

1945-46. 1946-47. Article. Submitted. Rejected or adjusted. Submitted Rejected or adjusted. Weights Measures Weighing-instruments Measuring-instruments Milk and oil bottles 27,180 3,080 17,706 2,216 2,150,160 5,298 98 2,077 405 26,760 35,340 4,799 23,786 3,999 2,337,259 7,685 125 3,065 880 46,075