IMPERIAL POLITICS
THE SHOPS BILL. Press Assoiciation-Bjr Telegraph-Copy.ri£lit LONDON, August 5. Mr Gladstone has .introduced the Shops Bill,.fixing shop assistants' maximum hours of work at 60 per week. Employment after 8 o'clock is only alio,wed three days a week. The Bill includes compulsory closing and a weekv half holiday. It is not intended to pass the Bill-during the present session.' NORTH SLIGO SEAT. BUDGET ITEMS. deceived 10.30 p.m., August Gth. LONDON August fi. At the elction for North Sligo, Mr Icalan, a. Nationalist-, was returned unopposed. :•■■■■ Mr MeHugh,. dealing witlr Mr Lloyd George's Liniehqusc speech, giving instances of ianii-owhers' selfishness, strongly contradicted it in the. specific cases' mentioned.
, ' The Dulce of -Westminster,, in reply to several. correspondents, urging hint to : prosecute Mr George for misstatements, declares that considering the Chancellor's personal idiosyncrasies, the best defence is. to trust to the fairness and sense of decency still inherent in the community.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13974, 7 August 1909, Page 5
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