44-HOUR WEEK INQUIRY
PROTECTION OP THE PUBLIC
PRINCIPLE CONDEMNED BY THE
JUDGE. /
(ONITBD PRBSS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIOHT.) (Received October 6, 10 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, This Day.
Mr. Justice Higgins has concluded his inquiry into the question of a standard 44-hour week. Replying to the arguments that any loss of production would he made good by the installation of more machinery and consequent increased employment, the Judge declared that he woald never be- party to an arrangement which would add to the burdens of the ■community and the employers .beyond the necessities of the moment. He would not reduce hours on the ground that by so doing he would be creating more employment. (Received October 6, 10 a.m.) PERTH, This Day. The Arbitration Court has" mads an award refcoing the hours in the clotbdng trades from 48 to 44 per week, and raising the minimum wage from 30s to 455. (Received October 6, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Mr. Hibble has awarded the cokeyrorkers an increase of os a day.
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 84, 6 October 1920, Page 7
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