HOURS OF WORK
LLOYD GEORGE FOR 48-HOUR WEEK. Fraas Association—By Telegraph—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, May 1. (Received .May 2, at 11.45 a.m.) Sir Robert Horne, Minister of Labor, presiding at the Committee of National Industrial Conference at Whitehall, read a letter from Mr Lloyd George, stating that foreign countries were looking to Britain to give a lead in founding a better industrial order. Ho expressed approval of a 48-hour week, and a minimum vraae fixed by u uoirnnission. jLiaslicity was required in particular industries, such a£ agriculture, in which seasonal and other conditions necessitated special consideration, and such as seamen and domestic servants, where a 48-hour week was impossible. The Act should otherwise apply to ail industries in which a legal limitation of hours was practicable. He hoped the solution of the urgent problem of the unemployed woidd bo the first question claiming the projected National Industrial Council’s attention. It was hoped that the council would bo established at the very earliest moment, and ho was sure it would be of great value in assisting the Government to improve the industrial conditions.
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Evening Star, Issue 17033, 2 May 1919, Page 6
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185HOURS OF WORK Evening Star, Issue 17033, 2 May 1919, Page 6
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