TARIFF AND EXCISE.
M'KAY CLOSES DOWN. . BY. TELEQUAPH —rRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYTIIGHT. Melbourne, November 14. As a rosult of the recent Arbitration Court decision 'the Sunshine Harvostor Works haye been closed. Mr. M'Kay is considering the position. Over 500 hands have been 'rendered idlo. According to tho Excise Act, employers subject to excise duties are freed therefrom if they pay "fair and reasonable wages," but the Arbitration Court held that it could not find that tho - wages paid in this case were "fair and rcasonablo" under the Act. li. V. IL'Kay was ouo. of tho Victorian agricultural implement makers who, before tho Tariff Commission, gave striking evidence against the Harvester
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 44, 15 November 1907, Page 5
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109TARIFF AND EXCISE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 44, 15 November 1907, Page 5
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