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RAILWAY FINANCES. • (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, May 24. Mr G. M. Maekley (General Manager of Railways) announced, on behalf of the Railways Board, the financial results of the railway working for the first four-weekly period of the new aueial year. For ithe four weeks ended April 27th, there wasi an increase in the. gross revenue of £11,624 t and an in-
crca.se in the expenditure of £10,209. resulting in an increase in the net r. venue fur the period, which was a dav less than last year, of £1415. JOURNALISTS’ PAY RESTORATION DUNEDIN, May 23. An industrial agreement between the newspaper proprietors of Duned:n and the Dunedin Journalists’ Union was reached in the Conciliation Council to-day. The general terms of the t existing agreement, including holi days.’, were retained; and the wages rates ruling before the application of the .last reduction of 5 per cent, werei
! ics’ored in the majority of cases. The : -reement will operate &s from the beginning of last week. WELLINGTON, May 24. The Education Board conference earth ’ a remit that teacher training fa- < i itics should be provided in each University centre. An amendment <to defer expressing an opinion till the tied a statement of the actual saving made by closing two colleges, was lost. A remit urging the Minister to provide a more liberal scale of allowances for the incidental expenses of comlittees, was carried unanimously.
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Grey River Argus, 25 May 1935, Page 7
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