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  2. BASIC WAGE.

    A majority decision announced to-day by the Industrial Commission reduces the minimum living wage in New South Wales by 12/6 a week. The present minimum wage is £4/5/, and the ...

    Article : 939 words
  3. WILL CO-OPERATE

    "We intend to get into the closest possible touch with the Federal Government, and, if possible, co-operate with it in any ...

    Article : 846 words
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    The New York Stock Exchange and a glimpse of Wall-street as seen from the statue of Washington on the Sub-Treasury Building. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  5. FINANCIAL FRENZY.

    The most terrifying selling panic since the war days of 1914 dealt a crushing blow to the leading stock markets of th[?] United States to-day, and was only ...

    Article : 459 words
  6. NIGHTMARE FEARS.

    Something of the psychological aspect of the stock markets break was reflected in numerous advertisements in the morning newspapers by the ...

    Article : 194 words
  7. A MEAT BOARD.

    Another stage has been reached in the meat industry by the presentation to the Premier of a comprehensive report recommending the consolidation of killing and the conversion of a ...

    Article : 628 words
  8. SUBURBAN FARES

    With the object of combating competition front motor vehicles the Government intends reducing fares on all suburban railway lines ...

    Article : 385 words
  9. MR. LANG'S COMMENT.

    The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. J. Lang), commenting on the judgment of the commission, said that the basic wage reduction was the most ...

    Article : 93 words
  10. DUE TO EXCESSES.

    The Federal Reserve Board held two meetings during the crash on the stock market, and received full reports from the New York banks. Mr. Andrew ...

    Article : 260 words
  11. MR. BAVIN'S REPLY.

    The Premier (Mr. T. R. Bavin) said to-night that he had called a special meeting of the Cabinet for Monday to consider the position. He said that ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. THE TURNING POINT.

    During the financial crisis to-day representatives of the J. P. Morgan Company, the National City Bank, and the National Bank Guaranty Trust ...

    Article : 127 words
  13. INDEX OF NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 208 words
  14. FIRE IN THEATRE.

    More than £60,000 damage was done by a fire which early this morning broke out in His Majesty's Theatre, Exhibition-street. ...

    Article : 385 words
  15. INTO THE RIVER.

    Leaping from the railing of Victoria Bridge at about 8 o'clock last night an unknown man plunged into the river and disappeared from ...

    Article : 162 words
  16. ADJUSTMENT NEEDED.

    The president of the Employers' Federation (Mr. C. M. M'Donald) said that some adjustment of the basic wage had to be made after the Lang ...

    Article : 155 words
  17. STATE OF SAVAGERY.

    In a scathing denunciation last night of the Federal industrial legislation, Mr. John Jordan, a delegate to the Federated Master Builders' Conference in ...

    Article : 92 words
  18. 'PHONE WONDERS

    In his presidential address to the Institution of Electrical Engineers, Sir Thomas Purves, the engineer-in-chief at the G.P.O., mentioned that more ...

    Article : 130 words
  19. HOPE GONE.

    Hope that the Grand Trunk car ferry Milwaukee, with 52 persons aboard, weathered the 48-hour storm on Lake Michigan faded on ...

    Article : 142 words
  20. BLONDE SPY.

    The beautiful blonde who is concerned in the disappearance of the secret code from the Italian Embassy at Berlin has just paid a ...

    Article : 241 words
  21. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 233 words
  22. 1,950,000,000.

    League of Nations statistics give the number of the world's inhabitants at present as 1,950,000,000, distributed as ...

    Article : 80 words
  23. MR. SCULLIN'S COMMENT.

    "If the announcement of the New South Wales Industrial Commission regarding the basic wage reduction may be taken as an indication of what ...

    Article : 130 words
  24. QUIET DAYS.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, arrived at Quebec this morning from Chicoutimi. He has sper[?] the last two days quietly in the ...

    Article : 93 words
  25. MAY BE "BLACK."

    The Sydney Harbour bridge is likely to be declared "black" by the Sydney Labour Council. The decision was made last night, when the Labour ...

    Article : 111 words
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