DIFFERENCE IN STATES
CONDITIONS AND WAGES
LYONS SPEAKS OUT
(Received 20th January, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day.,' Mr. J. A. Lyons, at the conclusion of his visit to Sydney, in a speech said that the ridiculous discrepancies be-; tween wages and conditions in different ' States would not work. Wages varied from £3 3s a week for fortyeight hours in South Australia to £4 2s 6d a week for forty-four hours in New South Wales.
Mr. Lyons ,told a deputation that the Commonwealth's financial position made impossible the restoration of invalid . and old age pensions to their former level.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 16, 20 January 1932, Page 9
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98DIFFERENCE IN STATES Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 16, 20 January 1932, Page 9
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