JNF-The-Working-Class-Struggle-of-Half-a-Century

the General Legislature to make laws in respect of the Presidency... A
division was called in each case, and the opposing motion was lost by
nine votes to one. Clause 2 as it stood was approved. The Council resumed.
Finally both Bills were read a third time and declared passed.
Since 1937, Workmen’s compensation and minimum wages
have become part of the common heritage of our people, though many
may not be fully aware of the difficulties encountered in paving the
way. The introduction of the representative form of Government provided
the country with the machinery to start the establishment of a new
order of things, but judging from the performance at early meetings of
the new Legislative Council, the way was not going to be smooth.
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