Protecting labour. Carrie Hall and the master and servant act
Gothard, J. (1990) Protecting labour. Carrie Hall and the master and servant act. Papers in Labour History (6). pp. 41-53.
Abstract
On 21 April 1891, a domestic servant named Carrie Hall appeared before two Perth magistrates charged under the Master and Servants Act with deserting her master's service. Her 'master' or employer was Richard Septimus Haynes - lawyer, Perth City Councillor, political radical and co-founder with John Horgan of Western Australia's Eight Hours Association} Haynes had taken Hall and a fellow servant, Kate Brown, before the Perth Police Court on similar charges; but whereas Kate Brown was discharged with a caution, Hall received a fine or one month in Fremantle Gaol in default. The wages which Haynes had offered Hall were
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Murdoch Affiliation(s): | School of Social Sciences and Humanities |
Publisher: | Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Inc. |
Publisher's Website: | http://labourhistoryperth.files.wordpress.com/2012... |
URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/14374 |
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