| 1842 - 318 pages
...that the emigrants employed by the Government should be obliged to work daily, including Saturday, from six o'clock in the morning till six o'clock in the evening, deducting one hour for breakfast and another for dinner ; excepting during the months of May, June,... | |
| John Dunkin - 1844 - 606 pages
...at the same time, if the parish would assign him the whole of the water now running down the street from six o'clock in the morning, till six o'clock in the evening in like manner as to Mr. Wilks, then, at his own charge, to amend and make good the present road under... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1901 - 878 pages
...— Captain Kirstein telegraphs from Jammersdrift. April 9, 1900 : There was heavy fighting to-day from six o'clock in the morning till six o'clock in the evening ; on our side there were seven wounded and killed. The loss of the enemy is unknown. Wepener is taken... | |
| Michael Moss - 1863 - 220 pages
...build me a wooden house within the prison walls, where I should be allowed to have my servants daily from six o'clock in the morning till six o'clock in the evening to attend on me, and that I might at once give instructions for removing from my house at Yokuhama... | |
| 1866 - 306 pages
...season, to witness the great privations they had to encounter owing to wet weather ; after working from six o'clock in the morning till six o'clock in the evening drenched with wet, they had to return to their domiciles, some of which were tents and straw, they... | |
| Henry Fawcett - 1871 - 294 pages
...where the collision took place. He stated in his evidence that every other week he remained at his post from six o'clock in the morning till six o'clock in the evening; the alternate week he was on duty from six in the evening till six in the morning. He had only one... | |
| James Stark - 1878 - 408 pages
...hours, and their night into the same. Their day was from sunrise till sunset, or, according to our time, from six o'clock in the morning till six o'clock in the evening, when their day expired. Their third hour was therefore equivalent to our nine o'clock, and their sixth... | |
| Associations of gas engineers and managers, United Kingdom - 1885 - 302 pages
...into two points. The first is to abolish Sunday labour entirely, or for at least 12 hours — viz., from six o'clock in the morning till six o'clock in the evening. From my own experience, I find that there is little or no difficulty in stopping for 12 hours ; but... | |
| Ohio. Inspector of Mines - 1893 - 346 pages
...in the evening ; this left the smoke to die out in the mine to a white damp. I ordered the fan run from six o'clock in the morning till six o'clock in the evening, and also one-half day when the mine was idle. On my t'econd visit my former requests had been complied... | |
| James John Hissey - 1898 - 510 pages
...managed to pay rent for a cottage and brought up a family of twelve children. " My hours of toil were from six o'clock in the morning till six o'clock in the evening, and I had to start from my home at five and got back at seven." We thought the expression "my hours of... | |
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