MR. HOLMAN CHAGRINED
AT STK.WiiI.INd or CHILD MAINTKNAXCK HILL. Sydney, November 29. Mr. llolman is Wiiißrinod at the Council striiiiKlinir tin l Child Maintenance Hill, and declares Hint it is a deliberate (Inviiiliuj! , til' (iovornnient policy which I In , liiivcriinient will not: sit quietly under. Tin* division means an immense ineroiiM , in iMimmiilitie.-'. wholly duo to Hie increase ill wa[>es, which would have ltivn reduced by litilf if the Maintenance Hill l\atl born carried.—Press Assn. |Tlu> Hoard of Trade decided (o in— crease- I In , living minimum wage from C:l lo I'-'l 175.. nml, according to the Premier ("Mr. .llolman) this decision would cuddle Iho industries of the State with m> additional oiitlnv of in wages per nninim. The Government proposed legislation (the Child Maintenance Hill) which would reduce tlio amount of exlrn wanes to .C(i., r )Ofl,(Klrt. Tlio Hoard of Trade's proposal was calculated to be necessary under exisliiiß conditions, to maintain a married man, his wife, and two children. The CSovonmipnt proposed to ffiyo ft livinp'wniro to every employee, sinjilo or married, which was declared adiYimile for tlio support of n man anil liis wife, and to create a fund from wliii-.li every Implore* wTio hud children winiM lie oiililled lo bo paid per week an additional wage.]
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 57, 1 December 1919, Page 6
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210MR. HOLMAN CHAGRINED Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 57, 1 December 1919, Page 6
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