THE STANDARD LIVING WAGE
INCREASE ASKED FOR IN SYDNEY. . (Rec; July 31, 9' p.m.) Sydney, July 31. An exjhungo of views is proceeding lie- ; tween the employers and tho employees ■ in connection with the review by tho Board of Trade-of the question of the cost-of-living. Tho employees contend that tho weekly standard of.JE'i 15s. 6d. for a man and lis, wife and two children, fixed in 1916, is now too low, and should be raised to J!3 4s. Id. The employers favour the retention of tho 1916 standard—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 268, 1 August 1918, Page 5
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89THE STANDARD LIVING WAGE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 268, 1 August 1918, Page 5
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