ELEPHANTS’ LABOUR CODE
COLOMBO, May 7.
Elephants, the popular means of transportation in the State of Travancore, South India, have a labour code. A new code decrees they shall not walk more than 10 miles at a stretch. In processions, they must not work more than five hours without a rest, or for more than 12 hours a day.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19666, 25 June 1938, Page 12
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59ELEPHANTS’ LABOUR CODE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19666, 25 June 1938, Page 12
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