AUSTRALIA
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MAHENO DELAYED.
SYDNEY/ August. 28. ■ At upon the Mahen.o sailed after being, delayed two hours, by tiife late arrival of the second mate, who'had gone ashore to bring aboard <i '■ sick member. Three# firemen were late Hi ? returning and ail five were taken aboard by a launch, as the Maheito left the wharf.
STATE. GOVERNORS. HOBART, August 28... . The Tasmanian Cabinet, after aiscussing the proposal of Mr Lang, (Premier of New South Wales) • lot the appointment of Australians :i’ State Governors, decided instead in favour of the abolition of State Goy* ernorships, and of the appointment of administrators to deal only with con* stitutional duties', but, pending such an alteration, the Cabinet favoured the appointment of Australians . a« Governors. . ' ' • . .
CAPITAL AND LABOUR. BRISBANE, August 29. , Mr James Allen; retiring ■ Presß dent of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce in an address, said that the present general tendency was to throttle industry and, lessen production "by shorter hours and- increased costs. Work was looked , upon as a necessary evil. Higher wages were demanded for less output, to be spent on amusement or unproductive idleness. Ons of the greatest safeguards against disaster would bo l-the holding of bonds in small sums by people generally, and the discouragement of the acquirement of large amounts by a privileged few. -AH the things said about basic wage and cuiid endowment were-beautiful ideas, but they could not be materialised, except by hard labour or increased production, brought about by close co-op-eration of unskilled labour, under competent leadership and; capital. It seemed clear that fresh;burdens could not be carried without’disaster to the jvage earner, and ruin to, many industries. The community could not go on living on loans, to enable it to v high wages for. lessened production-
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Greymouth Evening Star, 29 August 1925, Page 5
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