POLICE STRIKE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
VIGILANCE COMMITTEES AND .SPECIAL CONSTABLES..
Adelaide, September 27. In the Legislative Assembly, the' Premier (tho Hon. A. H. Pearce), referring to'tho. police strike, said the Government was calling on all municipalities to appoint-vigilant committees, arid special constables.—Press A'Ssn.
[On September 15 the members of the South Australian Polico Forco threatened to resign within a month on account of insufficient- pay. For scmo considerable time the N ' members havo been agitating for an increase in wages. The principal ground for their complaint is that, although the cost of living has increased within ; tlio last few,, years, they have not been granted n rise to meet;the filtered conditions. Until recently the amount paid tlio men on joining Jhb force was ss. a day, and if tlioy did not reside at barracks vor stations they received Is. a allowance in lieu of ■ quarters. " Since the Pension Act came into force each member has bcen.i compelled to contribute so much monthly to the. fund, end it is contended; that this, coupled with-the payments made to the widows and orphans'' fund, has reduced the daily wage to well below what is-known astho "bread lino." As each watch came off duty on September 15 the men wroto out their resignations.]
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 3, 28 September 1918, Page 7
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209POLICE STRIKE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 3, 28 September 1918, Page 7
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