RETURN.

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RETURN.

It was pretty well agreed, he continued, that the Arbitration Act, though not a "cure all," had improved the condition of the workers, and to make that perfectly clear he had had a return prepared snowing the different awards in the various trades since tha Act was first instituted. It showed exactly the rate of wages and hours of labour and number iof apprentices, and they would see that in almost every industry there had been a decided improvement both by reductions of hours and increased wages. He had had that done for the purpose of letting everyone see exactly what the conditions (if latfour in the colony were.