HOURS OF LABOUR
IN BRITISH INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONS BILL TO LIMIT THEM TO 48 WEEKLY LOST By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. (Rec. May 3, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 1. The House of Commons by 223 votes to 128 rejected a motion by Air. G. Buchanan (Labout), who moved the second reading of a private member’s Bill based on the Washington Eighthours Convention, providing that the hours of labour in industrial occupations, exce.pt seamen and farm labourers, should not exceed 48 per week. Air. D. Kirkwood, in seconding the motion, vigorously protested against the efforts of the engineering employers to increase the hours of labour. Mr. R. G. Clarry (Conservative), in moving the rejection of the motion, declared thta the Bill would injure industry and cause unemployment. The provisions of the Washington Convention could only be effectively introduced by simultaneous legislative action in all the countries whose representatives signed the convention.—Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 182, 4 May 1925, Page 8
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148HOURS OF LABOUR Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 182, 4 May 1925, Page 8
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