BASIC WAGE.
HOT DISCUSSION IN BRISBANE. By 1 Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ’ BRISBANE; September 18. An amending Bill providing for the payment of a basic wage of £4 5s to employees was gagged through all stages of the Assembly. The Minister of Works (Mr Kirwan) said the additional impost on industry would be £1,000,000, but he contended that the general prosperity ivas such that it could bear the increase. The Leader of the Opposition saia he looked upon the introduction of the Bill as a humiliation of -the Government. The degradation of the Arbitration Cburfc had been brought in because the Strike Council had die. tated to the Government.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 19 September 1925, Page 9
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112BASIC WAGE. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 19 September 1925, Page 9
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