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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. COCKATOO INQUIRY. SYDNEY, April 28. Giving evidence at the Cockatoo Island inquiry, the General Manager at the Island said that under the fourfifths principle for piece vork, which was practised at the Island, some employees earned £3 18s daily. Giving particulars comparing the pre-war and present costs, the manager .laid a eruisei that cost £2,000,000 before tha war would now cost £9,000,000. Gift s"h marines, which were £150,000 cecl would now cost over £1,000.000, AN INQUIRV. SYDNEY, April 28. Cabinet has agreed to Mr Ashfords request to re-open the Soldiers’ Settlements Inquiry on the one point of Mi Ashford’s moral conduct, which was commented upon by the judge. A VISITOR’S VIEWS. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, April 29. Billyard Leake, who is on a visit. to Australia to inspect his sheep station, expressed dissatisfaction concerning the commercial prospects of Great Britain. He stated the Bradford woollen industry was deeply involved in large number's of broken American sontracts. The"general complaint among Bradford millers was that American firms had no compunction in cancelling important orders-, and all European customers endeavoured to compromise when it came to payment. As a result, full amounts were' seldom collected and suppliers were sometimes forced to accept fort\ per cent of the original contracted price. Most mills were a losing proposition as they "'ere working only eighteen hours weekly. Billyard Leake’s son commanded the Tphegenia at the storming of Zeebrugge.
SYDNEY B ATES. (Received This Day at 9.45 a.m.) 'SYDNEY, April 29. The city rate on unimproved capital values has been fixed at fivepenco in the pound. The increase will produce £60,000 revenue. UNEMPLOYED GATHERING. SYDNEY, April 29 \ body of unemployed attempted to force their way into the Treasury to lav grievances before the Treasurer. Police intercepted them. Some stones were thrown and the police using hat-
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 April 1921, Page 1
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311AUSTRALIAN. Hokitika Guardian, 29 April 1921, Page 1
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