AN EIGHT HOUR DAY.
(By Electric Teleeraob —Copyright.) Per Press Association. (Rcccivecl March 20th. 8.3 a.m.) LONDON, March 19. Mr J. R. Clynos, Labour member for Manchester, in the House of Commons, moved that the working day in all trades and industries should be limited by law to a maximum of eight hours. Mr Herbert Samuel said the resolution was too sweeping. Agriculture would be unable to accept such a rigid rule, and it was impossible to insist on a limitation in domestic service, the textile trade and shipping. The Government meant to push the Minors' Eight Hours Bill. Mr Balfour said that if a dimunition in the output of the textile trade would injure our foreign trade, why not a diminution in the coal production. Mr A. Henderson advised thc_ withdrawal of the resolution, but owing to an objection to this course it was talked out.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19080320.2.32
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8539, 20 March 1908, Page 5
Word Count
147AN EIGHT HOUR DAY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8539, 20 March 1908, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in