EIGHT HOURS ACT.
WORK IN COLLIERIES. By Telegraph.—Press Association—Copyright. * (Received August 20. 11.5 p.m.) London, August 20. In a test case arising out of the Eight Hours (Mines) Act, where the men had refused to work an extra hour on two specific days, the Stipendiary Magistrate at Khondda (Wales) held that there should be nine hours ' work a day on 60 days annually, the remaining days to be of eight hours each. Judgment was given for the employers. An appeal was entered.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14145, 21 August 1909, Page 7
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