TRADES UNIONISM.
AUSTRALIAN STATISTICS. INCREASED WAGES AND COST OF . LIVING. '.!•■■■ By Telegraph—Ptess JUsociation-Copyright' r> ' "Sydney, April 21V The Commonwealth Statistician's report shows that at the.end of 1012 there woro 621 trades unions in, Australia, with a membership of 433,224, 'of which 17,670 were females. Unemployed represented 51' (?) per centum of the community.
Compared with 1801.. tho nominal Tate of wages at tho end of 1312 showed an iricreaso of 21.7 per centum in Victoria, whoro tho adranco was greatest, and 10.0 in Queensland, whero it was lowest.
Particulars as to the cost of living 6hbw, that in the sis capital cities the weighted average cost was just over 10 per centum higher in 1912 than 1911, while the wholesale prices were 17 per centum higher.
Tlio results generally show that eince 1896 tliero lias been 110 material improvement in effective wage?, while the produo five activity per head of population increased at a greater rate than the effective wages. . ' ; A BISHOP'S OPINION, London, April 20.. The Eight Eev. Dr. Gore, Bishop of Oxford, addressing tramway strikers at 'Oxford, said tho principle of trado unionism was thoroughly Christian, and tho most beneficial movement (luring the last fifty years. ,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1730, 22 April 1913, Page 5
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