UNION REQUEST DECLINED.— The Johannesburg correspondent of The Times states that the Government declined a trade union request for an automatic increase of all wages to offset the rising cost of living. The Government stated that a wages increase would start an upward spiral of living costs. (London.).
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Southland Times, Issue 24001, 16 December 1939, Page 8
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