BRITISH POLITICS.
PROGRESS OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT.
By telegraph, Press Aes’n, Copyrlgh
London, May
After the Laborites had received a reluctant asaent from Mr Herbeit G'alstono, the Standing Committee eliminat'.d the clause in the Compoasa'.ion BUI providing that it should not apply where the number of employees did not exoeed five.
Rcooived 5.10 p.tn., May 13. London, May 12 In tho House of Commons a Bill was introduced by Sir J. L. Brunner, reducing tbe hours of labor in coal mints to eight by 1909. Tho - Bill was read a second time on the understanding that Government would appoint a committee to on* quiro into the eoonomic effects of tho measure.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1748, 14 May 1906, Page 2
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