NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE
approved by british labour minister.
By Tslceraph—Proas Association—Coprrlftlit i'.'.Krallan a-v.d 'S.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, June 17. Mr G. H. Huberts, Minister for » Labour, in moving the second! reading of the Trado Board 3 Bill, which extends and simplifies "the Act. of 1909, said he wa3 immensely attracted by the suggestion that Parliament ought to fix a national minimum, wage; hut iJoser examination presented many difficulties. Hia aim, therefore, .-was gradually to improve the conditions in each industry, and_to set employers pr.d workpeople acting together upon. the task of improving -their own conditions.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10001, 19 June 1918, Page 8
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95NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10001, 19 June 1918, Page 8
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