INCREASE IN EXPORTS
BRITISH FIGURES FOR MAY
(Rec. 9 p.m.) LONDON, June 24. “British exports for May passed the 1938 average monthly volume for the first time since the war? said Professor H. A. Marquand. Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade- “ The rate of export tn the last six months has more than doubled, and the value of exports has risen from £55,000,000 in January to £82,000,000 in May. which is 113 per cent, compared with the monthly volume in 1938. We are aiming at 175 per cent, of the 1938 volume.” Professor Marquand praised employers and workers for their efforts to raise the total, He said there were now 1,236,000 workers on exports. The Board of Trade’s target for the end of the year was 1,550,000
Asked about trade relations with Russia. Professor Marquand said; “The climate is improving.”
WAGES CONTROL IN CANADA
REASONABLE INCREASES • NOW PROPOSED
(Rec. 10 p.m.) OTTAWA, June 24, The Minister of Labour (Mr Humphrey Mitchell) announced in the House of Commons the amendment of the Wage Control Order to allow “just and reasonable” increases in wage rates. Previously the regulations required an applicant to prove that his wages were low compared with those in a similar industry in the same locality.
Mr Mitchell explained that a revision was necessary because of the changing conditions of the transitional period. The revision placed greater discretion upon War Labour Boards.
“The thsk of maintaining stability in opr economic affairs is now much more complicated, calling for greater judgment than was the case when we were fighting for our very existence.” said Mr Mitchell,
CANADIAN SHIPPING STRIKE
GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF VESSELS
<Rec. 10 pm.) OTTAWA June 24. Canadian shipping on inland waterways has begun moving under Government control with vital cargoes ol grain, coal, and ore Captain E. S. Brand, the Government Shipping Controller, predicted that the vast majority of all strike-bound vessels will be moving to-morrow.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24911, 26 June 1946, Page 7
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