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NZ Truth, Issue 474, 18 July 1914, Page 7

Part of a conversation heard at afternoon tea on Wellington -terrace, "When Mlsa Shoddy married into Squattcrdora, »he gave her ago oa twenty-five, 1 foci aure she waa older than that." "Oh!" waa tho retort, "«h« allowed one-third off for cash. Under tho management of Mr. R. J. Carroll, by arrangement with J. G. Williamson, Ltd., "Beauty Pulls the Strings," will tour th« Dominion later on I . the year, with Mr. Graham Moffat (the autl or) and hi* wife In their original partH, aa played by them for over COO nights at the- I luy market Theatre, London. Wages In all tradeK except mining !• the Old Country liavo been on the Improve during the pout few month* Scow buflkotmakcrs, nfter a strike of several wecka, have secured un In* crcane ull round of ten per cent. Slat* era have, after negotiation* with ih« employer* and the matter being i>ui befor« I»rofc«8or Irvine nx arbiter, gained a rl«e of -'» M weekly. After • long dl«cu«ilon m cororoltiee U»o Ol»a* gow Corporation decided to lncrea#« the minimum wage of motorm*n by 2i and the maximum wage by 3*. Incrou«ci» are to be at (he r«to of 2« p«i week per Annum until the maximum U reached. It wu« decided »J»o to re4uc« Uto workinp -week by thr«n hoom Btnc\-n«ncUrr#<, «n liKsreaiw of r> po* c«»t- Steiiot cn%n*~ttam, ftijvane* of I p,.r e^n«. llj: JKOrk. tin<t .0 pof cent lUKht-wwrK^" lilajii Jforaacctncn, U p«r cent. JCoopcru, XZ% per c«nu an< n rftductijfo of throi* hburn per wcrk Pycr« il'Wsloy), C* pw week, "■I 1 * ■■ "■■. ■■■