TRADES AND LABOUR.
Press A«aooiation—By Telegraph—Copyricht. 1 London, September 11. s )■ . The Trades OoDgresa demand pensions for i- all aged workers, an amnesty for all poli)f tical offender!, and the public control of . il education. j it There were some instructive disclosures on , >£ the 23rd July at the Lambeth County Court ] a as to the rate of pa; of tailoi esses. A woman 1 T was summoned by her employer for detaining s j some coats, and the trial raised the whole ' question of the rate of remuneration for her ■ work. It items that the tailoress was only ' paid 9d per dozen coats, on each of which she | had to wprk by hand fire buttonholes, and sew t on four buttons. The defendant stated that it c took an honr to do each coat. This the plain- t tiff disputed, though' he admitted the rate of °' pay. To pirove his point he called g il a stylishly-dressed woman, who stated E c that she could do a coat easily in » a ■ c quarter of an honr. So the judge promptly pro- f 3 ceeded to set her to work. The result was s diiMtrouß. In 10 minutes she h»d only y , achieved two buttonholes, and these, too, is " a >' L shockingly bad manner" —a "remarkable coa- ? trast" to the careful woirk of the defendant. * The judge's comment o» this evidence for the t :" plaintiff was practical and to the point. He v c did not "believe that the witnesses who had • been oalled by the plaintiff could ever make t; f. their living out of the work at the rate of pay Jj that had been mentioned." At any rate, "h« ° • was oonTinced that they could not afford to g dress in the manner in which they appeared on h c their earnings in this work." fi ' - P PIMPLES, BLOTCHES, BLACKHEADS, red, £ ron-h and oily skin prevented by CoTicuß* Soap, fj 8 the greatest of Bkin purifylnß and beautifying £ 1 soaps,asw«llaspurestandeweeteatfortoilet,batb, t and nursery. It produces the whitest, clearest t E skin, the softest hands, and most luxuriant hair. X l Absolutely pure, delicately medicated, exquisitely . perfumed, surprisingly eSectivt. Sale CTeater l 1 than the combined sale of all oth«r skin ana i>omDlexion eo»ns. Sold throufihout the world, S
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10596, 14 September 1896, Page 2
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