WORK AND WAGES
REDUCTION OF WORKING HOURS. FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS OPPOSITION. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) MELBOURNE. April 30. Referring to the agitation for a shorter working week, Mr Hughes stated that the Government had decided with a view to the necessity for increased production that it must be resisted at all costs. SYDNEY BUILDING TRADE. NO SATURDAY WORK. SYDNEY, April 30. (Received April 30, 9.25 p.m.) A combined meeting of the Allied Building Trades Vigilance Committee decided upon the discontinuance of all Saturday work, and resolved to picket jobs where men were working. THE FRENCH RAILWAYMEN. STRIKE ORDERED FOR MAY DAY. PARIS, April 29. (Received April 30, 11.30 p.m.) The Railway Confederation has ordered a railway strike to begin on May L
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Southland Times, Issue 18810, 1 May 1920, Page 5
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