MINERS’TROUBLES.
THE EIGHT HOURS ACT.
TEST CASE DECIDED AGAINST THE MEN.
ITnithd Puess Association— CopYitioni (Received August 20, 10.35 p.m.) LONDON,/ August 20.
In a test case arising out of the Mines Eight Hours’ Act, where the men refused to work an extra hour on -two successive days, the Stipendiary Magistrate at Rhondda held that there should be nine hours a day on 60 days annually, and the remaining days eight hours each. Judgment was given for the employers. An appeal was entered.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2586, 21 August 1909, Page 5
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83MINERS’TROUBLES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2586, 21 August 1909, Page 5
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