LABOUR MATTERS.
[BY ELECTRIC TELEORAPII—COPYRIGHT). Loxdox, November 7. Mr. Asquitii, the Home Secretary, is enforcing the clause of the Factory Act, 1891, requiring employers to kejp a list of out-workers, with tlieir addresses, open for inspection, in order to prevent sweating. The London building trades by mutual consent begin the eight hours' system to-day. Washington, November 7. The Pittsburg Unionists are resuming work, tlieir funds being exhausted. Signalmen are protesting against overwork and undue pressure. Brisbane, November S. The wharf labourers at Cooktown have struck for higher wages. Men are scarce owing to the rush setting in for the Batavia river goldfield. {Sydney, November S. There is a great rush for employment in the Broken Hill silver mines.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3180, 10 November 1892, Page 2
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118LABOUR MATTERS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3180, 10 November 1892, Page 2
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