WORK AND WAGES
HOSTILITY TO WAGES BOARDS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, August 21. (Received August 21, at 9.55 a.m.) The Employers' Federation have adopted a series of resolutions, including the abolition of Wages Boards, to be replaced by Arbitration Courts presided over • by Judges, and the abolition of all preference to unionists. Bakewell's Pottery, at Erskineville, is closed down, owing to the extra cost of manufacture involved by the Wages Board award. Fifty men are out of work. The High Court, in a test case, ruled that a share of premiums is not profits, and cannot be taxed for income.
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Evening Star, Issue 15268, 21 August 1913, Page 6
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100WORK AND WAGES Evening Star, Issue 15268, 21 August 1913, Page 6
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