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IMPROVEMENT URGED *N BRITAIN DEPUTATION TO HOME SECRETARY United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyrigh? . Australian Presß Association.—United Service.
(Received 26th October, noon) LONDON, 25th October. A deputation representing "the Trade Union Congress and affiliated unions waited on Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Home Secretary, to urge improved factory legislation preventing night baking, undue overtime, providing for better washing of clothes and drying accommodation, and the weekly rest period, and women to attend injured women where a male attendant is undesirable. . Sir William Joynson- Hicks promised that if the present Government was returned at the election, an amending Bill would early be introduced.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 26 October 1928, Page 5
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101FACTORY LEGISLATION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 26 October 1928, Page 5
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