The text has been issued of the Home Government's Hours Industrial Employment Bill for the purpose of implementing the Washington Convention of 1919. The Bill, which! is not rigid, Timi working hours of industrial workers to eight on any: day and 43 in any week with certain exceptions. Overtime must not exceed 82 hours in a feriod of 28 days but before. making ai order the Minister of Labour shall consult organizations affected. The bill excludes seamen, managers and clerks.
Messages from Lima, Peru, state that 70 Communist agitators have rested and sent to a penal colony as a sequel to the riots which Joceurred in the region of the mines lof Corro de Pasco on November 18,' when two Americans, an Austrian and 12 Peruvians were killed and people were wounded.
The English railwaymen's union unanimously rejected the demand of the companies for a reduction of wages. It is therefore feared that any attempt on the part of the companies to persevere in their policy may Teed toa general railway strike.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.