FORTY HOURS WEEK
AUSTRALIAN UNIONS INQUIRY FACILITATED CANBERRA, May V'< Tho Prime Minister, Mr. J. A Lyons, in the House of Representatives to-day, virtually invited unions to launch an inquiry into the practicability of a 40 hours week by filing a plaint in the Federal Arbitration Court. Mr. Lyons said the Commonwealth Government would welcome such an application to the Court by all organisations interested and would do everything in its power to facilitate the proceedings and the presentation of all relevant evidence.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22427, 25 May 1936, Page 11
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