Employes on the "London Times."

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 121, 5 March 1872, Page 6

Employes on the "London Times."

-11 Compositors evince the greatest desire :j' obtain employment in Squar r( Xo'.u' but first-rate compositors, howeve:, | stand a chanoof being taken >n, and m' eligible candidates is generally a very one. Moreover, the system of raising Ipeent coaipositor.i from approi'tlecs, ko n the supply nearl • equal to tlie d.i'nand. T v

r /'i»i.\s is the onlv London dai F l paper cur, lovs apprentices, an 1 this ei. tloymentsj indeed, the chief came of the disj He betwt* r it and the society, though the apprentices % only engiged during the day, principal.., upon advertisements. Whoa a :omposit 3 applies for emplovment on the T'mes, he a , tested in a room by himself, upon a . piece parliamentary debate "eopv,' whiih r usually wtirten in a not over-iegib'o shle,: a abbreviated long-hand. If the applicant c, y compose sixty lines of minion in a fair woi manlike manner, without a disproportions number of errors, within two i. mi's, hisna: is pi iced on a register of competent lan and he may expect to be called in at the fc opportunity. • " Once engaged, the permanency of his p° depends upon himself. No applicant o*' thirty years of age is eligible, and if he f J upon trial, to come up to the required str idard of eiHciency, he is paid for his sir ; linos and dismissed —no one but the mana? and himself being acquainted with the facr

his application ; so that in no case can ini*, 1 arise to a society-man for asking \vn v k m' n Tim**. Men are encouraged in provult habits as soon as they attach themselves' the paper. Half a crown in the pound is i ducted from the earnings of each, composite" pressman and warehouseman, which sum, 3 cumulates at interest during the who!., per* of his employment, ahd is given up ml 1 on his retirement, and on no account befts 8 A sick fund lias been founded by the men,' which nearly everyone subscribes ; an? surgeon is permanently engaged on the st and is always in attendance or easy c,[' Refreshments of all kinds are obtained on, premises at nearly cost prices, and the Cy principle carried out in every departtier Thus, not only are the employes cared:" during the hours of ther working life' 1 none can leave the Timrs after any mm-, of years' service, without that penny n purse which Ave arc told is the best fricourt.