AUSTRALIA’S DRIFT
PATH OF PROSPERITY LEFT PRODUCTION COSTS TOO HIGH PAYMENT BY RESULTS NECESSARY (United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Melbourne, June 18. The Prime Minister, speaking at the commercial travellers' annual dinner, said that Australia had drifted from the path of prosperity. The costs of production were too high, and must be brought down. This Involved piecework. The unions were suspicious of piecework. A system, however, of payment by results was necessary, but it must be accompanied by safeguards against stupid and avaricious employers. DEFENCE APPROPRIATIONS SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIES OUTLINED Melbourne, June 18. Substantial economies are outlined In the Federal appropriations for Defence in the current year, which reveal a cut of £BOO,OOO, of which £400.000 is for the naval side and £250,000 in respect of the Air Force.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 225, 19 June 1929, Page 11
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