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, FOR nearly a century the hours of children employed in factories have ; ' been regulated by statute ;

... , FOR nearly a century the hours of children employed in factories have ; ' been regulated by statute ; - but their ; employment . ' in . other industries has been wholl y ' unregulated . The result - has . been that as by degrees they have been restrained ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1901
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2357 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

CHILD LABOUR IN AGRICULTURE

... IN AGRICULTURE DECISION BY THE HOME OFFICE . An important decision by the Home Office respecting- the employment of children in factories and workshops was announced at the Staffordshire Education Committee meeting on Saturday . Over fifty applications ...

Published: Monday 01 March 1915
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 147 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

100 Years Ago

... Women and Children Ln Factories. — Mr Cross, Home& Secretary, vesterday received a deputation, headed by Lord Shaftesbury, who urged the adoption of Mr Mundella's bill for shortening and regulating the hours of labour of women and children in factorigs ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1974
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 65 | Page: 26 | Tags: none

INDIA

... —Router , LABOUR IN FACTORIES . ., • . , • . ' ' ' ;• . ' . . • SIMLA , July 10 . The report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the conditions of labour in , ' factories in India , states'that any attempt to apply British factory laws in India is ...

Published: Saturday 11 July 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 219 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

CHILD ^ LABOUR

... . ' ' sx ^• .. : 'fe w months : . , TKe - . reformer ' s desiro '• to ^ make' it . illegal - to ; emploT children - ' ir factories undor ' the age '' of ' fourteen . . • Their Opponents , are vrorking-. to reduce the a ^ e . ± o twelve a ' nd- ...

Published: Wednesday 26 December 1906
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 310 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

A T a SPECIAL GENERAL _MEETING _of _the COMPANY of _MERCHANTS of the _CITY of _EDINBURGH , held within _their

... _under con _* sidemtion a copy of the _Bill _presently _depending m Parliament _for _reyulating _the employment of _Children _in Factories _, &c _,, en _the _motion _or Mr _AXDUEW JACK _, seconded by Mr _JAXES _BucCADDER _, Suolrfil _iimanimomty , _That ...

Published: Wednesday 03 May 1843
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 767 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GEKMAN SOCIALISTS IN TRANCE

... tha subject wad then droppsd . Th& CbaTtiber subsequently pasBeA the bill dealing with the employment of women anA children in factories . ...

Published: Monday 31 October 1892
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 251 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

SCHOOL LEAVING AGE Government Bills to Postpone Raising

... be deemed to have been lawfully incurred . Section 17 of the Act of 1918 which relates to the employment of school children In factories , workshops , mines , or quarries shall , notwithstanding the provisons of any order made in pursuance of Sub-Section ...

Published: Friday 29 September 1939
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 296 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

SCHOOL SHELTERS ? Question Raised at Hawick PRESENT PLAN TO CONTINUE

... clamouring at schools - to get their children home . Factories had tackled the question of shelters for their employees , and , as the country was preparing for a long war , something should be done to give children some measure of protection other than ...

Published: Saturday 14 October 1939
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 319 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THE QUEEN ' S REIQK . —The Child ' s Guardian , which is the official organ of the

... conditions Ot children in factories , in mines , in brickfields , in chimneyB ; on canals , and in agricultural gaogs ; of children of paupera ; apprentices on tha high seas ; or ^ Eiieet child beggare and hawkers ; of child ecrobats ; of children in pantominie ...

Published: Monday 21 December 1896
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 360 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

THE DTTEE OP RICHMOND ON THE WORK . OF THE GOVliSNMEirr

... to 2 d . in the pound , made a grant in aid of local rates , brought in a , bill to improve the'health'of women'and children in factories , amended the licensing laws , and carried a measure dealing with patronage in the Church of Scotland . Dunng' tLe ...

Published: Monday 21 June 1875
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 385 | Page: 5 | Tags: none