Basic Wage Rise To £7 Week Forecast
CANBERRA, Jan. 21
The basic wage would probably rise to £7 weekly by August, said the director of the Associated Chambers of Manufacturers, Mr. L. Withall, who forecast that prices would reach the peak. The 40-hour week would not be felt for another 18 months ' The Commonwealth could hold the basic wage at £7 weekly only if it lifted payroll tax and removed the sales tax from general utility consumer goods.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22851, 22 January 1949, Page 5
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