RIGHTS OF THE WORKERS.
TO GET DRUNK WHEN THEY LIKE. KEEK, HARDEE'S ADVOCACY. LONDON, December 23. Mr. Keir Hardie, speaking at South Shields and referring to the Trade Union Congress deliberations respecting the maximum working day, said every trade unionist would be asked to down tools ■when the eight hours were up.
He hoped this would be passible on May 1 next.
In another speech at Newcastle, Mr. Keir Hardie said, if needful, he was prepared to advocate a strike for the right of the working classes to get drunk at their leisure.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 307, 24 December 1912, Page 5
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