THE COTTON SPINNERS' DISPUTE.
Th« operative cotton spinners have consented to proceed to arbitratioa npon the question of t'ae proposed redaction in wages t
WicrxiNGTOV, November 9.
The Bight Hours' Umoi; sp if to, • which- con-; stituted the.chief attraction m .this city, were attended by about 5000 people. J. Fitzp*fnck ' won the Demonbtration H-mdiciip and F. B. •Wilkins-/the Bicycle' Handicap; The sport*'.were preceded by a small'prows*ion through, the city The R;ght Hon. U.J. Seddon ad-dress-d the gathering on the Basin Reserve. He said from the position he celd ifc waa not for him to express* an opinion one way or other upon tbe Home engineering question, but he would like to see the workers at Home enjoying the same boon as did those of New Zealand. There bad been some opposition to the Eight Hours Bill, 1.-nt they Wt.ru gradually overcom ng the objection, and he tboujcht that afc auy rate they suo-.ild aftVm thft principle, at least as to matter of overtime. He (Mr Seddon) was satisfied it fchoulcl be paid for at the rate of time ■ and a-half. He hoped that soaje day a. M'liis'er l of the Crown would be able to announce at the \ Eight Houis demonstration that a complete Bight Hours Bill had found a phce on the Statute Book.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10956, 10 November 1897, Page 2
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