FOR LONDON.
For Freight and Passengers. •jTafvK r f* HE A. I. Barque I™|L * "WILLIAM HYDE," tons burthen, J. Lythcot J^^^^py> Applewhaite, H. C. S., Commander, will sail as above on the Ist April. Apply to Brown & Campbell. March 20, 1851.
FOR ENGLAND DIRECT.
(For Light Freight & Passengers only.) 4\J*k£L r Tn HE Fine Ship |W|\ I "EMIGRANT," JJ^^^^-753 tons, Register, H. H. Kemp, *-S~jp||j|f^ Commander, will visit this Port about the end of May or beginning of June, from Hokianga, and will offer an excellent opportunity for passengers about to proceed to England having spacious poop accommodation. For freight or passage apply to Brown & Campbell.
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JAMES HALYDAY, CABINET-MAKER, UPHOLSTERER, AND UNDERTAKER, Princes-Street, Auckland, (Opposite the " Masonic Hotel.") %* Country orders punctually attended to.
NOTICE.
THE Short Time Committee met on Monday evening, and after a lengthy discussion showing that tbere has not been a more favourable opportunity during the last six years to bring about a new regulation, because now is a time when a number of small contracts are being wound up ; there is not a single large one going forward ; a time when a number of fresh undertakings are about to commence, the contractors of which will have a chance of making their calculations accordingly, and thus the object will be gained at a time when scarcely an employer will feel it— it was unanimously agreed that the following be published in the " New Zealandei " of Wednesday and Saturday, 19th and 22nd instant. The Committee meet again on Thursday evening and on the following Monday evening for the last time.
Pursuant to a Resolution passed at a Public Meeting held on the 4th instant, of the men employed in the various branches of the building department, to the effect that they would commence a custom of leaving off ■work for the future on Saturday afternoon at four o'clock,— the hands belonging to the following tradesmen were true to their promise and signature, namely— Messrs. Armson, Hayes, Black, Evans & Co., Burns, White, Tattersall, and Dignam. The Committee vecommend those who have begun the custom to he firm and decided, and strongly and earnestly call upon all those workmen who have not given notice to their employers to do so forthwith, and thus assist to establish a custom from which not only themselves but their children will derive a benefit. Does it not appear strange that we have hitherto been ■working three hours per week longer than we would be required to do in mauy parts of Great Britain, and two hours per ""day-more "" than men in the same branches in the Southern Settlements, while Lord Ashley and others, have been advocating the restriction of the hours of labour in the various manufactories in England and Scotland ? Working men of Auckland, we are striving for what is reasonable, and we wish you like men of moral courage to 'ask for it peaceably and properly, and your employers neither can nor will refuse your solicitations long. Signed on behalf of the Committee, George Ansell, Chairman. March 17th, 1851.
The Committee assembled on Thursday evening, when it was resolved that the following list of names be published, as favourable, and who have promised to adopt the plan this day, (Saturday, 22nd), viz -.--Messrs Cochrane, Smith, Angus White, Dennett, and Westwood. (Signed) James Bradley, George Ansell,
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New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 515, 22 March 1851, Page 1
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