IMPERIAL POLITICS.
MIXERS' EIGHT HOURS BILL. Press Association-l'.y Telegra[)h-Copyrighf I.OXIJ OX. January 9. An influ-eneia) deputation lepresenting the Mining Association of Britain urged various objections to -Mr (iladslone agaii:.;i the Miners' Eight Hours Bill, especially declaring that it must reduce the <oal supply by 20 to 15 pr cent. ami al-i increase piiu.i. Mr Gladstone replied that Parliament desired the jiniilaiioii of hours. He admitted thai the limits would be io raise prices, and he promised to do his- b;sl tr. find :i basi; of agreeir.-iiit- satisfactory to employer and employed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13490, 11 January 1908, Page 5
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