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  2. FEDERAL BASIC WAGE UP £1

    MELBOURNE, Thurs.: By a majority decision, the Full Arbitration Court today increased Australia's Federal basic wage by £1 a week. Justice Foster and Mr. Justice Dunphy recommended the increase. The Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Kelly, dissented. He said there should be no change. The Court did not fix a date for operation of the new Federal award. Every union must apply separately to the Court, which ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 951 words
  3. Compton Hit On His Bad knee

    English vice-captain and star batsman Denis Compton was hit on his doubtful right knee when the MCC team had its first practice at the WACA nets today. Compton was bowling to Surrey batsman A. J. McIntyre ...

    Article : 159 words
  4. Lumpers Will Stop For Day

    A stoppage by lumpers in all ports throughout Australia will be held from midnight next Tuesday to 8 a.m. on ...

    Article : 134 words
  5. SHE SWALLOWED 2/-, LOST A ½d.

    When 11-year-old Glenys Smith, of Herbert-rd., Shenton Park, went to a shop on Tuesday to buy some potatoes she swallowed the money. Glenys (pictured above) thought she had swallowed a two ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 187 words
  6. U.S. Casualties Now 24,163

    WASHINGTON, Wed. (AAP): The U.S. Defence Department announced today that American casualties in ...

    Article : 41 words
  7. Two Killed In Crash

    SYDNEY, Thurs.: A twin-engined newspaper delivery aircraft crashed and burst into flames today and Pilot Richard ...

    Article : 142 words
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  9. Jarman Catches Rottnest Fish

    U.S. Ambassador Pete Jarman telephoned his wife to-day to tell her that he had caught his first Rottnest fish. ...

    Article : 36 words
  10. THE FIRST BASIC WAGE WAS £2/2/.

    THE first basic wage for Australian industry—£2/2/ a week—was struck by the late Mr. Justice Higgins in 1907 in what was known as the "Harvester judgment." The basic wage was altered from time to time, and ...

    Article : 278 words
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