WAGES AND FIGURES
At one time Soviet Russia was often held up to anti-Labourites as the classic example of how to provide an Elysium for the workers. Since the advent of a Socialist Government in Denmark, the latter country seems to have displaced Russia as the land from which' to draw the requisite illustrations of how to pay big wages. ■ " When the annual taxing Bill was being discussed in the House of Representatives yesterday, the Prime Minister remarked that he thought the workers of New Zealand were better paid than those in any other part of the world. "What about the £8 a week in Denmark?" inquired Mr. L. M'llvride (jN'apier). The Prime Minister replied that the ■wages in Denmark were not more than a third of those in this country. Mr. Bl'llvride said he could show Mr. Massey the figures. The Prime Minister: "Figures- are like the honourable gentleman himself they can be made to face in any direction. "-
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 80, 1 October 1924, Page 5
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