LABOUR IN INDIA
A FACTORY ACT PASSED
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(Received Last Night, 0.15 o'clock) CALCUTTA, March 24.
With the support of the wTiole of the Provincial Governments, the Viceroy's Council has. passed a Factory' Act, a twelve-hour divy for all adults, and a six-hour, day for children. This is .Lue first time that direct legislative restrictions, have been, passed affecting meh*s labour. There was continuous opposition from the jute firms of Calcutta, and the cotton firms of Bombay."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10196, 25 March 1911, Page 5
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81LABOUR IN INDIA Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10196, 25 March 1911, Page 5
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