LABOUR MATTERS.
BROKEN" HILL ST&ffiE.
(By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association.) (Received Juno 3rd, 9 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 3. The round-the-table conference in connexion with the Broken Hill strike ended without reaching a settlement, the parties disagreeing on the adjustment of hours. A meeting of Broken Hill strikers adopted a resolution demanding: an increase under the Workmen's Compensation Act to full earning capacity for the victims' of industry. FOKTY-FOUB-HOUR WEEK. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association!.) (Received June 3rd, 11.15 p.m.) ~ . . SYT>XEY, June 3. Mr uann, Minister of Labour, reply- | innr to a deputation from the Plasterers' Union asking for legislation to 1 opaliso a forty-four-hour week, expressed himself in favour of the proposal, and promised that Cabinet would consider it.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16852, 4 June 1920, Page 7
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