Recommending.
His letter was returned to M on 18 April 1871 minuted: 'no objection but no pay for the day'.
'The fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the eight hours system was celebrated yesterday [Friday, 21 April], with the customary procession through the city and fête at the Friendly Societies' reserve…The procession started at about 10 minutes to l1 o'clock. At the head was the band of the Carlton Rifles. Then came the committee of the association and the eight hours banner. The different trades, with their several banners, followed … The procession was a very long one, and must have numbered over 3,000 persons' (Argus, 22 April 1871, p. 7)
The building trades had agreed an 8-hour working day on 21 April 1856. Some trades had negotiated the one-day holiday without loss of pay, but it was not a statutory public holiday.
Letter not found; item is a register entry only, of a letter dated 11 April 1871.
Please cite as “FVM-71-04-11,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on