SHORTER HOURS
WORLD-WIDE MOVE N.S.W. COURT’S ORDER (Eloc. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) SYDNEY, March 30. The New South Wales Industrial Commission, in determining in favor of a standard 44-hour week, stated, that there was a belief, almost throughout the civilised world, that the hours of employment should be reduced, even to as low as 30 hours a week. A gemy.ai adoption of a 40-hour week would' increase unemployment. The Public Servants’. Association has lodged un application with the Industrial Registrar for an investigation /and declaration as to tlio state of t‘he living wage on the ground that tKe existing wage is inadequate. /
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18360, 31 March 1934, Page 2
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102SHORTER HOURS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18360, 31 March 1934, Page 2
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