IMPERIAL POLITICS.
THE MINERS’ EIGHT HOURS BILL.
HEAD A SECOND TIME IN HOUSE OF LORDS. United Press Association, Copyright (Received Dec. 16, 8.25 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 16. Meetings of London merchants, and also Chambers of Commerce urged the House of Lords and the Government to reject the Miners’ Eight Hours Bill on the ground that it is flagrant class legislation, interfering with the personal liberty of the miners, and carried at the instance of the Labor party without consulting the workers. Several railway directors protested that the prospect of increased prices was leading to economies involving the discharge of many servants. The House of Lords rejected Lord Newton’s amendment for the rejection of the Miners’ Eight Hours Bill by 121 to 44, and read the Bill a second time. Lord Lansdowne expressed misgivings, especially in the interest of consumers that even a temporary embarrassment of the country’s industries would Be serious when numbers of unemployed were walking the streets.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2376, 17 December 1908, Page 5
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