AUSTRALIAN WAGES.
RIDICULOUS DISCREPANCIES " SYSTEM WILL NOT WORK." SYDNEY. Jan. 20. The Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, at the conclusion of his visit to Sydney, said in a speech that the ridiculous discrepancies between the wages and conditions in different States would not work. Wages varied from £3 3s a week for 48 hours in South Australia to £4 2s 6d a week for 44 hours in New South Wales. Mr. Lyons told a deputation that the Commonwealth's financial position made it impossible for a restoration of invalid and old ago pensions to their former level.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21086, 21 January 1932, Page 9
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