THE BASIC WAGE
LOWER IN AUSTRALIA THAN NEW ZEALAND j RETURNED BUSINESS MAN’S VIEWS j [Pep. United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, May 12. “ The* basic wage in Australia is generally lower than in New Zealand today,” said Mr W. N. Kerns, Neu? Zealand manager of the Australian! Glass Company, who returned from ai visit to Australia. He added that ih«( basic wage ranged from £3 6s in Adelaide for a 48-nour week to £3 9s iit Melbourne. At Penrose, Auckland* higher wages in comparison were being paid by his company for a 44-houn neek. Australian manufacturers Mere* keenly desirous of increasing their snleJ in New Zealand, and ho held that New\ Zealand industries would have to ha protected against this competition* otherwise they would suffer. Some, bigj English and American companies wens to-day operating their own works Australia.
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Evening Star, Issue 22336, 12 May 1936, Page 9
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137THE BASIC WAGE Evening Star, Issue 22336, 12 May 1936, Page 9
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