AUSTRALIAN NEWS
THE MANUREWA. ANOTHER THEORY. SYDNEY, May 13. It is suggested that if the Manurewa is heading for New Zealand she should have arrived judging by the favourable wind which assisted the Huddersfield, and encountered by the Fioan. The agents have not decided to send a steamer to search, as they have received no instructions. INDUSTRIAL UPHEAVAL THREATENED. SYDNEY, May 13' The minority report of the Board of Trade favoured £3 15s 9d as„the basic, wage, contending that £3 18s was too high, and that the cost of living reductions warranted a decrease of 6s 9d. Employers believe that the Board’s decision will assist to relieve unemployment, and many prefer not to reduce wages if the employees work longer hours and increase production. The general feeling is that Trades .Unions will accept the decision, but the Labour Council threatens an industrial upheaval when the reduction is made effective.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 15 May 1922, Page 8
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