THE EIGHT HOURS QUESTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10079, 14 March 1896, Page 5

THE EIGHT HOURS QUESTION.

A meeting of the Eight Hours' Demonstration Committee wag held last evening in the Foresters' Hal( for the purpose of considering the adoption of the constitution of (lie Lemip. Thq Rpv, ])r, .Shirley Baker presided. Messrs Graves Aickin, president: and F. 0. Jiwiiißton, ijecretary, of the Employers Association, \y«ie preiept Vy invitation, and there was a good attendance of committeemen. Mr. Ewington moved that the words, "where practicable." be inserted after" the legalising qf eight hours a» (1 day's work for all wage-wnerj." Ji«th the mover apd Mr- Aipkin 'spokpm fayqijr (if |.h? addition, ami pointed out tin impracticability of the proposal to limit thp hours of labour in a|| cases. After severe) of the labour delegates had also spoken to (he motidfl, it was put to the meeting. and lost by 14 to f It wag tljetj piQyeq by M r - Stanton, us an amepd|pept to fir. F»wcus's motion, " thijt the o|ause ' m originally printed be adopted," T(ie uppptjirifinfc was cafi'ipd. The clause yyhjph has paused all the discussion is now exactly as Dr. Baker originally had it in the constitution which he drew pp at thp request of t])e committee, namely, ''To form a permanent >vhicf) »(iall hare for its object the leiinljsiug of *i({Jit h'qurs as a lCS A J day's work for all mechanics, »rtsoers, apd Idbpurefs; find to Kef the sams carried out in all Government contracts, bi)i|qinp Contracts, manufactories, mil's, mechanical traces. The qqnstjtntiqii \vas jiheq adopted, and tin chairman was aul|ij>rjsed to take the necessary steps to hare it registered, and pall » (ufthef pieeping.