EFFECT OF STRIKES
MELBOURNE, August 27. 'At the half-yearly meeting ol *he Broken Hill Proprietary Company the report showed a lose of £59;000. The Chairman stated that the men had sacrificed. £266,000 in wages during the strike, while the company's losses from the same cause were '£33,600. It was not- the intention of the company to fully reopen the mine until the price of metal justified the payment of wages set out in the Arbitration Court award.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 25
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77EFFECT OF STRIKES Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 25
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