AUSTRALIA.
GENERAL ITEMS. By Teleeraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, Sept. 20. Boilermakers and engineers were at work for private firms and at the Government dockyards on Saturday. A number of stovemakers were adamant, although the Stovemakers' Union had decided that its members should work on Saturdays. The Painters' Union is asking for 48hour week rates of pay for a 44-hour week, and is encouraging no Saturday work by giving rebates in the contributions of 'members who do not work on Saturdays.—Aus.-N.Z. lable Assn. Melbourne, Sept. 20. The Federal Government has notified the Northern Territory officials, Messrs. Carey and Evans and Judge Bevan, that they must resign within three days. The Broken Hill Proprietary Company is raising £1,500,000 by debentures to provide additional equipment for the Newcastle steel plant. The Victorian executive of the Australasian Labour Party condemned the Commonwealth taxation proposals as a cold-blooded attempt to balance excessive expenditure with oppressive burdens on the people.—Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1920, Page 7
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