HIGH COST OF LIVING
I WHAT. RAILWAYMEN PROPOSE. By Telegraph—Press Association. ' Wangamii, December 21. -'- At tho genaval monthly meeting of tb'o Wanganui branch of "tho -A.S:R.&' tho following resolution was carried: "That tho executive .council be requested to convene a conference of transport workors to consider the best means of combating the increasing cost of living, the findings of the conference to bo placed before- the Government by deputation. • Tho following means are suggested: Increased wages or, as a preferable alternative, immediate reduction in the cost of necessaries. Failing success by this method, the council to call a genoral' conference of all' Labour unions,-with a view-to limiting tho export of al! necessary foodstuffs, until tho Dominion prices for the same fall to. a reasonable level.". '
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2958, 22 December 1916, Page 4
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125HIGH COST OF LIVING Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2958, 22 December 1916, Page 4
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