A largely attended meeting of the Birmingham and Midlands Women’s Liberal Unionist Association was held in the Assembly Hall, 29 Edmund Street, on Monday evening, to listen to an address by Mrs. Hume Pinsent on “The limitation by law of the hours of labour.” Mrs. Willoughby Wade, president of the association, occupied the chair. Mrs. Pinsent expressed herself in hearty sympathy with Mr. Chamberlain in his view on an Eight Hour Bill for Miners, and also in his desire to bring about shorter hours for shop assistants and pointed out that while these reforms would beneficially affect the hard-working classes of the population, they would in no way interfere with the comfort and convenience of the public. …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949