FACTORY OPERATIVES AND THEIR HOURS OF LABOUR
... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SA TURJDA Y, JU.LrN 14, 1873. FACTORY OPERATIVES AND THEIR l HOURS OF LABOUR. Everyone who is interested in the social wel- fare of the labouring classes must be anxious to have Mr. Mundella's Bill fully and fairly dis- cussed. It proposes to reduce the hours of labour for children, young persons, and women from 60 hours a-week to 54, the hours of half-timers from 89 ...