FORTY-FOUR HOUR WEEK.
WHAT IT WOULD MEAN.
THE LOSS IN AUSTRALIA.
Ay vahlf.—Press Association.—Copyright. '* . (Received June 22, -9 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 22. The secretary of.the Master Builders' - Association estimates that the conces,»ion.which the employees claim, viz., a .-..44 hours' week, would mean a loss of ... many millions annually in diminished ...-product ion. He points out that the . value of the manufactures of Australia total £149,000,000, and that the loss of . earning capacity at the rate , of 9 per centum, which the reduction of hours "would involve, would represent £13,.'189,000
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 116, 22 June 1914, Page 7
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89FORTY-FOUR HOUR WEEK. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 116, 22 June 1914, Page 7
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