... enforce by law a uniform eight hours working day, I think it is still more practicable to enforce a universal five days work- ing week. It appears to mne many working men wil object to having to stop work at- ...

... placed her. d Then she was taught to produce a note, and hour after d hour was passed in learning to make a grand full sweep w ith her bow. Then caine exercises and scales in every key. Seven y hours a day she praotised them. Think of that, little d boys ...

... vouii/ lad 5 hour* during 'lie nding ! 19th IVhruiry last, lie wis 1 urtlier summoned >r not in>.; the notice oxp. I, required, i'iie inspector stated .M r O'Ht ion gave him every facility, anil pleaded ignorance the Act. For the over-working tie was line ...

... already, hut, alas, my loss of appetite still con- tinues.: I shall not need sour kind' offer this week, and I' return to tovwn the beginning- of next week. I am detaining a man in a burning hurr ...

... if there were any material reduction of their working hours; but he was so fully convinced of the great injury upon the rising generation by the present unnecessarily long hours they were compelled to work in the mills, that he thought it would be riht ...

... in-and 4 goods trains. It took 64 hours to get to Glasgow, and 19 hours to get to London. In January, 1898, there were 13 passenger trains out'and 16 in; 9 goods trains out and 9 in; while they could go to Glasgow in 4 hours and to London in -12. Mention ...

... the Revisers of the New Testament are making such good progress with their work that there is now every reason to believe it will be completed within a reasonable time. The work is being done ' 'thoroughly but nothing will be really settled till the ...

... and a number of pigs and sheep. Trade ruled about c the sam1e as last week, calver cows making up to £E13 and farrow cows 613 Ss. Fat pigs were slightly dearer, and sold from 30s to 48s each. Young pigs wrere mnuch wa~nted. -Those forward were only of a ...

... THE WEEK'S NEWS. ®hc Contiiut. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1870. Seldom has Europe passed through such an eventful week as that which has transpired since our last issue. The Emperor of the French has surrendered to King William of Prussia and is now prisoner ...

... SPECIAL WEEK of UNITED PRAYER throughout the World. Meeting this day, from 12 to 1, at 13, South parade. Rev J. H. EVANS will preside. G 869 d piUifTIE b1E'~ll'H}OD1jT REVIVAL MISSIlON. LEEDs OIRCUITS. lIlSSION SERUVIC iS, January lith to 21dt, ca follows:- ...

... TOPICS OF THE, WEEK. Belgi'am is a 'small countrs, whcere an old-age pelhsion experiment :can be made with onomparativ ea'se;' still, the' announcement. '.thai' tlie 'Chamber of. Deputies had .passted, 'n Saturday, all. the clauses of a a bill for making ...

... BROADFORD WORKS. * PROSPECTS OF CONTINUANCE. We understand that on Friday a conference took a place at Aberdeen between certain gentlemen in- terested in the continuance of Broadford Works as to the beet way of acquiring the property as a going concern ...