AUSTRALIAN STATES
DISCREPANCIES IN WAGES NEED FOR UNIFORMITY.Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 20. (Received January 20, at 11 a.m.) Mr Lyons, at the, conclusion of his visit to Sydney, in a speech, said the ridiculous discrepancies between wages and conditions in different States would not work. Wages varied 'from £3 3s per week for forty-eight hours in South Australia to £4 2s 6d per week for forty-four hours in New South Wales. Mr Lyons told a deputation that the Commonwealth financial position made impossible" the restoration of invalid and old age pensions to .their former level.
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Evening Star, Issue 21005, 20 January 1932, Page 9
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96AUSTRALIAN STATES Evening Star, Issue 21005, 20 January 1932, Page 9
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