BASIC WAGES
INCREASED IN AUSTRALIAN STATES. FOLLOWING RISE IN COST OF LIVING. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.35 p.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Because of a rise in the cost of living, the basic wage in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia will be increased by 2s a week, in Victoria by 3s and in Western Australia and Tasmania by Is. The new basic wage rate in Sydney will be £4 13s; in Melbourne, £4 12s; in Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart, £4 Bs, and in Perth £4 7s.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 April 1942, Page 4
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