The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-11-08
issued: 1914-03-04
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/nelsondaily/items/1.0385797/source.json
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note: 2dk> «• YESTERDAY'S WEATHER ■ Temperatures recorded at ths <v meteorological station at Nelson <§> . Minimum 33 3> Maximum .'.... 36 •*,• <?> THE DAILY NEWS •*> v Is read everywhere in South- <9 <8> eastern British Columbia (K<>ot- ♦ enay and Boundary District) ♦ on ths day of publication. VOL. 12 8 PAGES. NELSON. B..C. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 4. 1914 BOc PER MONTH. NO. 276 STATE INSURANCE fi y Commission on tabor Make; Recommendations HALF HOLIDAY FOR STORE EMPLOYES Fortnightly Payday—IV|unici- pal Labor Bureaus--Aboli tion of Time Checks, DIGGING AWAY BLANKET OF SNOW (Special to Tf.o Dally N<-w.*U VICTORIA, 11. C„ March 3.—The j establishment of a system of compulsory state insurance for Workmen sustaining Injuries, a weekly half holiday for shop employes, the inauguration of a fortnightly pay dgflv-aiid- the regulating of Bub-contracte on railway construction work, with the control of time checks, arc the important recommendations of the royal commission- . oil. labor,-whose report was submitted to tho legislature tonight. The commission finds against the proposal of a minimum wage law and expresses the opinion thut the question of an eight hour day is a Dominion and not a provincial measure. Compulsory arbitration is not -favored' but the commission, recommends amendments being made to the Industrial Disputes Investigation act to enablo the minister of labor In strikes involving public utilities to-appoint a board of conciliation, as It Is-considered thut' In such cases the interests of tlie public are paramount to those of the employer pr employee. Tho Industrial Workers of tho World arc scored as being foreign to the economic conditions of British Columbia. It is pointed out that though many railroad laborers arc membors of. this organization very little effort Is being made to carry into practice the pernicious principles •of tho. organization. Employment Agencies In dealing with unemployment, the commission finds that the private employment agencies:aro uns…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0385797
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text