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BASIC WAGE RISE
EXPECTED
BOTH STATE AND
FEDERAL
BRISBANE, Joly 16.-Re-
cent price rises are expected to
increase the Federal and State
basic wages this week hy 7/
to 10/-.
A State Government official
said to-day that if the Federal
Court followed precedent, it should
announce the increase within a
lew days.
Canberra circles ' forecast that
the rise may be as high as 14/- a
week.
A 7/- rise announced last April
was the biggest cost .ot living ad-
justment ever made in the basic
wage.
Since April there have been fur-
ther price rises, notably this
month's ljd per lb. rise in sugar,
which alone is believed , to mean
an extra 1/- a week on the basic
wage.
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