SWEATED GIRL LABOUR.
TTnited Press Association — By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. (Received July 26, 8.51 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 26. A confidential report prepared for tho Premier shows that an extraordinary amount of sweating prevails in the dressmaking and millinery businesses. Nine hundred girls receive five shillings a week or under. Mr Carruthers intends to legislate to fix a minimum wage for juvenile labour.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13484, 26 July 1907, Page 5
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104SWEATED GIRL LABOUR. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13484, 26 July 1907, Page 5
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