AUSTRALIAN NEWS
WORKING HOURS OF PRINTERS. , Bv Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright SYDNEY, April 9. A meeting of the Printers’ Union decided to strike* a weekly levy of . ten per ,coot, of .tho earnings of male members, to be' used in securing a forty-four-hour week. The meeting also recommended the, abolition of overtime. POSTAL ADMINISTRATION CON DEMNED. .. SYDNEY. April 9. A conference of the New South Wales Chambers of Commerce strongly condemned the postal administration and urged’the'apippihtWent of a'nbn-political commission, to reorganise the service on a business basis. FEDERATE CAPITAL SITE. MELBOURNE. April 9. The Federal Government is appoint* ing a commission to prepare plans and estimates for tho construction of th« Federal capital at Canberra. BIG -BLAZE AT FLOURMILL.
. ADELAIDE, April 9. A fire destroyed the River Murray' Milling Company's flourmill at Murray • Bridge. TKe damage is estimated- at' £50,000. . - . , - '
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10560, 10 April 1920, Page 7
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