EIGHT-HOURS DAY.
RAILWAY CONGRESS discussion. I 'O-Trl-g.a, r.ti-—Press Assn.—Copy,-i B ht. AUS. & N.2. Cable Association. I Ilieccived June 21. 10.30 a m > LONDON, June 24. >1 sei.lssion on the eight hours day ;i liracled a, large gathering of delegates at the international Railway Congress . when the speakers described conditions m their o«n countries. -Mr Mason. the New Zealand ilolegale. argued that lhe eight hours flay wa, impracticable, especially in connj J r jO‘ vltore there was a small pop,,. I MV Rok Lighthiil, South Africa I said that, they all accepted the prillI «Plo. it was difficult to apply to | vail ways conditions to which they were not suited. The eight hours day could J not be applied rigidly in .South Africa, j Resolutions wore framed, hut discus--1 sum was deferred anti] to-morrow.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17573, 25 June 1925, Page 6
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