LABOUR.
—— *■ BASIC WAGE. Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright. '" Australian aiirl N.Z. C.-iMo A»m. MELBOURNE, Aug. 30. Mr .'Justice Starke, deputy president of 1h« Federal Arbitration Court, refused .to fix £2OO as a basic*-wage for (iovernniant servants, saying "'that ' £l5O. a year was enough for a singly man to live on comfortably. He would add £3O "or £35. as a ' married allowance. ' ■' " NEW. SOUTH WALES MINERS' I DISPUTE. SYDNEY. Aug. 20. The coal, conference has concluded. It was agreed to .submit the dispute to. ,i, 'tribunal of four a side. They disagreed over the chairman. and Mr Hughes appointed Mr Hibble, of Newfas tie.
STEAMERS CUT OFF. BRISBANE, Aug. 20. • Tiio Steamship Owners' Association is advised by the Overseas Association iu Sydney that it has been decided to send no more steamers to he loaded for the United Kingdom in. Brisbane, until an assurance, is given by -the Brisbane waterside workers that all handling of- cargo will be performed under the last Federal Arbitration Court award. ... The required assurance has not yet been received, and the position is causing-!anxiety.
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Timaru Herald, Issue 170301, 21 August 1920, Page 10
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176LABOUR. Timaru Herald, Issue 170301, 21 August 1920, Page 10
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