SOUTH AFRICA.
THE RAILWAY TROUBLE. ... OVER EIGHT-HOUR DAY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—copyright. Capetown, Sept. 16. Replying to the railwaymen’s protest against the withdrawal of the eighthour day the Premier stated that the Peaxie Treaty did not fix an eight-hour day, it simply lays it down as a standard to be aimed at. The Washington Conference agreed to an eight hours’ convention, but this was not ratified by the Union Government or Parliament. It had been explained to the Labor Bureau of the League of Nations that a universal eight-hour day was unsuitable to African conditions and could only be applied in the larger centres. Under these circumstances and in view of the serious financial position of the railways, while it was in direct conflict with the principles of the African Act, he could not see . reason to interfere with the action of the railway •administration.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1921, Page 7
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144SOUTH AFRICA. Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1921, Page 7
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