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tUSTUAI.IAN AND N.Z. CAIII.F. ASSOCIATION. BASTO AY AGES. .MELBOURNE, Sept. 23 In the Federal Arbitratiwn t’onil, Justice Powers delivered judgment on the lnisie wage i|westion. He suggested a scheme of endowment, in which there would lie a flat rate ol wages fixed for all single and married men. This would require a basic wage of £1 weekly. Under the proposal, £3 P's would then he paid every worker, married or single. The other 10s would h ( . paid to a fund controlled hv the Federal and State Governments, and parents would receive for each living child under 14 years. 10s per week. Justice Powers added that the Federal Constitution would have to be altered to permit the operation of this s. heme. PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS. BRISBANE, Sept. 23 The Lytton (piarantine station is being prepared for use if needed, as a plague isolation hospital. No fresh ease is reported. HOBART. Sept. 23. The Health Authorities have decided to offer Od per bund lor dead rats.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1921, Page 3
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