AUSTRALIA DRIFTING
HIGH PRODUCTION COSTS
BETJCE ON PIECEWOEK
United Press Association—By Electric Tele-
craph—Copyright. (Received 18th June, noon.)
MELBOITRNE, This Day.
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 highland must be bronght 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. •"■•;■ ' >.-.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 140, 18 June 1929, Page 9
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81AUSTRALIA DRIFTING Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 140, 18 June 1929, Page 9
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