THE COST ADDED UP
HOW THE STRIKE AFFECTED LABOUR IN. NEW SOUTH "WALES. (Rec. February 6,11.45 p.m.) Sydney, February 6. Official: A report by the UnderSecretary of Labour estimates that the late strike cost the community up to nine million sterling. Altogether 73,500 employees actively participated in the trouble, forfeiting £1,700,000 in wages, besides the large lrambeis indirectly affected. Tho direct cost to the Government, of expedients for counteracting the effects of the strike was £98,000, besides tho provision .of £20,000 for the relief of strike distress. Tho combined tuiion funds provided another £23,000, and the Lord Mayor's Fund £5931—Press Assn,
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 120, 7 February 1918, Page 5
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101THE COST ADDED UP Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 120, 7 February 1918, Page 5
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