THE PANAMA CANAL.
\ Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, May 18. (Received May 19, at 8.30 a.m.) In the. Attorney-general's opinion the American eight-hour labour Jaw applies on territory not American. This creates a difli. culty for the Panama Commission. There is a great outcry in America over the decision of the Panama Commission to buy its supplies in the cheapest market, jtueh pressure will bo brought to induce President Roosevelt to reverse the and a compromise is expected.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13288, 20 May 1905, Page 7
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78THE PANAMA CANAL. Otago Daily Times, Issue 13288, 20 May 1905, Page 7
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