COAL MINE BILL
CON SERY ATI BE CONCERN FOR WORKERS
NINETY HOURS IN: A FORTNIGHT TO BE COMPRESSED INTO ELEVEN DAYS GOVERNMENT RETAINS SEVEN AND HALF-HOUR; DAY Unitocl Press Abbd. by El. Tel. Guoyriicht (Received Feb. 7, 0.25 p-m.) LONDON, Fob 6 Tho House of Commons in committee on tho Coal Minos Bill, discussed tho reduction of the working clay 7v hours. Tho debate primarily ranged round Sir Robert Horne’s amendment substituting fo a rigid seven and a-half hour day, a sproad-ovor of ninety hours per fortnight, this to lie coupled with an early start on Saturday to enable miners to work the full shift, and yet to lie at liberty on Saturdays for football, dope racing, and other sports. Sir R. Horne argued that compressing the hours into eleven days a fortnight would be a great advantage to the industry, whereas 7} hours a day would cost an additional Is 6d a ton.
Mr Hartshorn and other Labor members opposed the amendment, which, was rejected bv 292 votes to 197.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11126, 8 February 1930, Page 5
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