THE EIGHT HOURS BILL.
TO THE EDITOR. Sxa, —We have promises that several Labour Bills rejected by the Upper House are to be brought forward again during the next session, but I do not remember seeing the Eight Hours Bill mentioned as one of the measures to be passed. .1 should like to know whether it is to be dropped until another election is talked about. I sometimes wonder whether the Government is in earnest in trying to Settle some of the labour questions. The shortening of the hours of labour would, in my estimation, be the means of finding work for a large number who have as much right to live as those who are working long hours. It will perhaps be said that eight hours is the recognised rule without any further legislation. It may be so in some businesses, but there are a large number who have to work half as long again. Millers, carters, and even clerks, are amongst those who do not come under the eight houis system, and no doubt many of your readers could mention others who have to work long hours. lam simply surprised at the various unions not insisting that this much-needed reform should receive early attention from s Liberal Government.—l am, &a., SHORTER HOURS.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 10259, 30 January 1894, Page 2
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214THE EIGHT HOURS BILL. Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 10259, 30 January 1894, Page 2
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