DEAR HOUSES

Marlborough Express, Volume LIIII, Issue 82, 8 April 1920, Page 5

DEAR HOUSES

BRICKLAYERS BLAMED.

[Press Association.! (Received' April 8, 8.40 a.m.) '. SYDNEY, April 8. Before the Basic Wage Commission evidence was given that the chief cause of the increased cost of building was the smaller amount of- work done .Six years ago a bricklayer laid 900 to 1000 bricks a day, while now he considered 350 to 400 a good day's work, for which he received 18s to £1.