INDIAN TELEGRAPHISTS.
HOURS AND. PAY. BY TELEGRAPH—PIIEBS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. : ■ Calcutta, April 13. The telegraphists in India, who ]iad heretofore a three hours' interval for sleep during the' night-watch, wero, ordered eight hours' continuous duty—day, or night. Thoy objected, and asked for an increaso of 25 per cent. pay. The' Viceroy (Lord; Minto) ; supports Mr. Newlands (the British Post Office export who was sent to India) 1 iq enforcing the now regulations. > ' The .Post Office has been notified- as follows:—"Madras advises that tho delay to Calcutta is, now normal," .' . v : , .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 173, 15 April 1908, Page 7
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88INDIAN TELEGRAPHISTS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 173, 15 April 1908, Page 7
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