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The Eight Hours Question.
IN the House of Commons, on May 12th, Mr.
Matthews informed Mr. Howorth that the
collieries in Northumberland and Durham
were worked by two shifts of men and one
shift of boys daily. The hours of the boys
were limited to 10 hours a day, or 54 a week.
Those of the men had usually been eight.
hour, and in some cases seven-hour shifts.
The work of the boys was not physically so
severe ais that of the men, and hd was in
formed that to shorten the hours of the boys
by their working two shifts would cause dis
satisfeaction.
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