LABOUR QUESTIONS.
1 ' "• ' ' Press Association—By Telegraph—Oopynpht. 1 London, January 28. ' The Welsh tinplate manufacturers, ! fearing a depression in the trade and c a consequent reduction in wages, have r notified to their employees their inteng tion to stop the works in March. Eleven i. thousand workers will be affected. Sydney, January 28. y The .Labour League Conference j passed resolutions adding female franc chise to the planks of its platform, and a condemning the minimum wage intro- "• duced by the Minister for Public 8 Works on Government contracts, which it was stated has had the effeci of reducing the standard of wages al] round.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9326, 29 January 1896, Page 5
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