FIVE-DAY WEEK CAUSING SEVERE WASTE OF TRANSPORT TRANSPORT is being
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wasted and 1 congestion is occurring because collections and deliveries cannot be made on Saturday mornings at the premises of concerns that have adopted the fiveday week. With ships, railway wagons, and lorries in short supply, a serious situation may result from this ittastage. These points are stressed in a state' ment by the transport committee of Bristol Chamber of Commerce, which is asking the council of the chamber to pass a resolution urging the Government, in consultation with employers' and employees' organizations, to make an urgent investigation of the whole question of the five-day week.
The committee also points out that, as a result of the double handling at the docks, when cargoes cannot be unloaded direct into vehicles, additional costs are involved, which must ultimately raise the cost of living.