HOURS OF LABOUR.
REJECTION OF A BILL-
LONDON, May 1. The House of Commons, by 223 votes to 128, rejected a motion by Mr Buchanan, a Labour member, who moved the second reading of a private members’ bill based op the Washington Eight Hours Convention, providing that the hours of labour in industrial occupations, except for seamen and farm labourers, should not exceed 48 weekly. Mr Kirkwood, in seconding the motion, vigorously protested against the efforts of engineering employers to increase tjie hours of labour. Mr Ciarry (Conservative), in moving its rejection, declared that the bill would injure industry aijd cause unemployment. The provisions of the Washington Convention could only be effectively introduced by simultaneous legislative action in all countries whose representatives had signed the convention.—A, and- N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 128, 4 May 1925, Page 5
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