NO REDUCTION
FEDBBAL BASIC WAGE
DECISION OFmV.<OBURT ] I i
(Eeeeivcd May 6, 1 p.m.) MJSLBOLTUTE, This Day. j Three Judges of the -Pull Court of; the- Arbitration Court, in a reserved; judgment, refused to restore .the 10; per cent, reduction applied to all awards! of the Court in 1931, but a .majority M\ th s Court decided that a new method1 of adjusting the Federal 'basic wage in! arc-ordunee with tho cost of .living be' adopted by using sin ''all .items'' .tahlej instead, of an "all houses'* table. The' Court also decided that ihc seduction, in the basic wage, which "was "to Jiavej come into operation today., should not', apply. The immediate effect will be; an increase in the Federal :basic "wago in Melbourne of 4s'ld a week, Sydney. l's Sd, Brisbane 4s 7d, Adelaide 3s 7d,| Perth 2s 4d, Hobart Ss Bd. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 13
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143NO REDUCTION Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 13
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