COMMONWEALTH NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 11 August 1914, Page 7

COMMONWEALTH NEWS.

I (Received Aug. 11, 2 p.m.) j MELBOURNE, Aug. 11. j The Federal authorities are using ' every endea-'. or to prevent the crisis at- j fecting the industries. The Broken j Hill Proprietary has arranged for work to continue at the • present rate of 1 wages, but will probably curtail tiie hours of labor. Mount Lyell and Mount Morgan are expected to adopt similar conditions. ' The central council of the Employers' ! Federation appeals to masters to do 1 everything to provide work and confine | distress to the smallest limits. j