A 40 per eent. reduction in the wages for all classes or workers was contained in a proposal By country sawmillers for a new award. The proposals, if given effect to, would reduce the labourer’s wage from 15/- a day, less 10 per cent., to !)/- and that of skilled workers from 18/- to 10/-. There was also a proposal to increase the week from 47 to 48 hours. —Press Assn.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 155, 16 June 1932, Page 7
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70Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 155, 16 June 1932, Page 7
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