FIFTY YEARS AGO
BERLIN LA El OUR CONFERENCE Fallowing widespread strikes in coal minus and on the waterfront in Eng land, considerable interest was centred 50 years ago" on an international labour conference beiijig held in Berlin. The passage below is taken from the New Zealand Hkrai,p of April 3, IS9O: — "The Kaiser is hopeful of eventually bringing round the French and Swis:to i he views of the Berlin Labour Conference. The latter further recommends thai ihe difference between mine-owners and colliers should be settled by arbh trarion and that the inspection of mine? shot Id be improved. Children under 12 should not be employed in factories, and women under 21 should not b'e allowed to work at night or on Sunday. All the delegates except those from France voted in favour of Sunday as a day of rest."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23621, 3 April 1940, Page 6
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139FIFTY YEARS AGO New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23621, 3 April 1940, Page 6
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