CORRADO SOCIETA ANONIMA DI NAVIGAZIONE v. EXPORTHLEB.

(1932) 43 Ll L Rep 509

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Branson.

Charter-party - Holidays (Russia) - "Cargo to be loaded at the average rate of 450 tons . . . per weather working day . . . Sundays and holidays excepted . . ." - Dispatch money - Award - Findings that Russian law had established a continuous working week of seven days, 24 hours a day; that each day was worked by three eight-hour shifts; that on the day before a Sunday or holiday a workman's day consisted of not more than six hours and that to secure eight-hour shifts on those days a workman had to be remunerated at additional pay for two hours of each shift - Charterers' contention that "Sundays and holidays" covered the period in each Saturday shift beyond the requisite six hours working period (six hours in all)-Held, upholding the award, that neither Saturdays nor any part of Saturdays were holidays within the meaning of the charter-party.