THE EIGHT-HOUR. DAY.
CONTROVERSY IN S. AFRICA.
GENERAL SMUTS' ANSWER. A. and N.Z. CAPETOWN, Sept. 16Replying to the railway men's protest against the withdrawal of the eight-hour day, the Prime Minister, General Smuts, stated that the peace treaty does not fix the eight-hour day—it simply lays it down as a standard to be aimed at. The Washington Conference agreed to an eighthour day convention, but this was not ratified by the Union Government or Parliament. It had been explained to the Labour Bureau of the League of Nations that a universal eight-hour day was unsuitable to American conditions, and could only bo applied in the 'larger centres. In these circumstances, and in view of the serious financial position of the railways, while it was in direct conflict with the principles of the South African Act, he could not see any reason to interfere with the action of the railway adoiinistr&tiojs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17890, 19 September 1921, Page 5
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