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N.S.'vV. 44 HOUR WEEK. I SYDNEY, October 13. Giving evidence at the forty-four hour week enquiry, before the Federal Arbitration Court, a repr<‘sentativt* of the contractors for the North Shore Bridge, said that as the result, of the; forty-four hours’ week, his firm would have to ask for an extension by eight months of the time for completion of the contract, and the additional cost caused by the shorter working week would be £73,000. U.S.A. IMAI 1G RAT I ON. LABOUR UPHOLDS RESTRICTIONS (Recd. Oct. 13 at 7.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, Out. 13. The American Federation of Labour, after a heated debate at its convention held in Detroit, to-day rejected two esclutious urging the modification of .be United States immigration laws to permit the admission of aliens who arc seeking refuge from “political and | religious persouution. ’ ’
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Grey River Argus, 14 October 1926, Page 6
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