HOURS OF LABOUR.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION. REVISION SCHEME DEFEATED. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received May 29, 10.5 p.m.) GENEVA. May 28. At a meeting of the executive of the International Labour Office Mr. Humbert Wolfe, principal assistant secretary to the British Ministry of Labour, presented a demand by the British Government for a revision of the Washington eight hours' convention. He said the Government in no way desired to modify the essential principles of the convention, but uniformity would bo impossible without a revision. The representatives of Belgium, Poland and France opposed tho proposition. Miss Margaret Bondfield (Britain) said the proposal humiliated the British workers who desired tho ratification of tho convention.
The proposal was defeat eel by 12 votes to 11. The majority consisted of six workers and six Government delegates.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19959, 30 May 1928, Page 11
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132HOURS OF LABOUR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19959, 30 May 1928, Page 11
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