MINER'S EIGHT HOUR BILL.
READ SECONDLY BY LORDS. [PBK PR3W3 ASSOCIATION.—COpnUQHII LONDON, Deo 16. Meetings of the London merchants, also of the Chamber of Commerce, urged the House of Lords to amend the Government's Socialistic Mines Eight Hours Bill on the ground of flagrant class legislation interfering with the personal liberty of the miners and carried at the instance of the Labour Party without consulting the workers. Several railway directors protested against the prospect of increased prices in leading economics and involving the discharge of many servants. The House of Lords rejected Lord N T ewton's amendment for the rejection of the Mines Eight Hours Bill by 121 to 44 and read the Bill a second time. Lord Landsdowne expressed his misgiving, especially in the interests of •the consumers. Even the temporary embarrassment of the country's industries would be serious when numbers of unemployed were walking the streets.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 December 1908, Page 3
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