Greater Care of Factory Workers
NEW BILL PASSES COMMONS (British Official Wireless.) Received Wednesday, 7 p.m. RUGBY, Feb. 16. The second reading of the new Factories Bill was completed in the Commons. Replying to criticisms of Rt. Hon. A. Greenwood, for the Labour opposition, that the provisions of the Bill were inadequate and that good wages, reasonable hours of employment and provision for rest and recuperation were essential conditions of physical effio iency, Sir Kingsley Wood agreed that efforts to improve conditions should not stop outside the factory door. Good housing, airy schools, good food, clean streets and open spaces were needed. The Bill, however, contained useful provisions for medical inspection ot factories which would be of great value to employers and workers alike. A new chapter in factory conditions would be opened up for many millions when the Bill became law. Britain would be able to claim that it led the world in legislation for the safety of the health and welfare of its industrial population.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 41, 18 February 1937, Page 6
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