... annonneed that was not prepared offhand to bring in a bill for tho reduction the hours of labour of females and young children in factories, especially as, since the adoption nine hours limit,the hours of extra work were much greater before.—The debate on ...

... opinion of this meeting, it was highly requisite a petition in favour of the reduction of the hours lalanir of women and children in factories should lx* handed to the borough memlxr, Mr. Phillips, for presentation to the House of Commons.” THE COMING STRUGGLE ...

... proceeded to move the second reading of the Factory Acts Extension Bill. The object of the bill, ho explained, was to limit the employment of women and young persons in factories to hours per week, and of children to 33 hours per week. The bill wouldaffect ...

... contain errors productive of annoyance and discontent. Any measnro for shortening tho hours of labourof women and children in factories would, he says, receive his most careful attention. Another enthusiastic meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr ...

... tenant . CaTanaph B.rtham . 4 irinUi#H#i( weir i»oor, heip'-raa cr.aiu like Chambers not out .b Satrrua ntt „• 10 .. ,d children in factories. Several clamrt hav- Cntcblcy howler . Backhouse Waldell I - addlJ , tho Cv>BC Sir VV . Har. . 2 | rrport W)ll| , Rtoi ...

... lam always in favour of legislation for protecting children in factories and elsewhere. I was gainst it when it interfered with adults. lam so now. A largo selection of Tories voted for the Factory Bill to revenge themselves opon manufacturers who were ...

... kind is the new Factories’ iftll, which went into committee on Tuesday. The object of this measure is very simple, being merely still further to extend the protection against excessive toil granted to women and children by the old Factories’ Acts; but the ...

... second reading of bis bill to amend the Factory Acts, by tho chief provisions of which the hours of labour are reduced to fifty-four per week for young persons and women, children under ten are excluded from factory work, and all persons under fourteen are ...

... machine and its effect upon the cotton and the labour to performed tho different brancbee factory workers. In pointing out the precarious nature tho work performed factory workers, stated that pound of raw cotton, when it leaves the spinner, lias been spun ...

... THE FACTORY GIRL AT HOME. (Prom the Liverpool Wukly Albion.) Wliile work io the mill ii not the only time when the factory girl should seen. The confident rnpidity with which eren the younger ones are never at fault in the performance of their tasks is ...

... at 9J hours for the first five days, and 6J hours on Saturdays. 2. To exclude children under nine or under ten from factories altogether. 3. To raise the age at which children shall be allowed to work full time, from 13 to 14. 4. To abolish the distinction ...

... departure in social polities. Parliament has interfered with the hours of labour in factories and workshops, hut it has done so solely in the interest of women and children; and if the action of the Legislature bas shortened the hours of adults, that has ...