BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 December 1921, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. FEMALE LIVING WAGE. LONDON, Doc. 22. Xlii* Now South Wales Board of Trade has fixed the living wage for adult feitiale workers at 22 Is per week. This is a reduction of 2s on the wage fixed in December, of 1920. SPEEDING UP WAGE CUTTING. SYDNEY, Dec. 22 The Hoard of Trade is asking Parliament to empower it to review its wage declarations more frequently than annually.

UNEAIPLOYED RAID. LONDON, Dec

A crowd of unemployed raided U*igh G iomul though the manager previously said he was unable to admit them free. The police were powerless to prevent the raid.

AIKEN PLAYS UP. LONDON, Dec. 22

The Scottish billiard champion, Aiken to-day outpointed McConachy in the opening session. IToth men scored aleveral centuries.

McConachy .ecovered later. At tko close Aiken',.a* ..Aki, and McComuhy

GERMAN FIRM SCORES, MELBOURNE, Nov

T,u* Prime Minister has called lor a full report regarding the which was entered into some time ago by one of the State Governments with the Dutch Government at Java, and was cancelled by the Dutch authorities owing to the alleged ini priority of the goods supplied. The fact that the order was then placed with a German firm, has in the opinion of Federal Ministers, illustrated very forcibly the need for closer attention to the export trade, with the idea of preventing Australia’s reputation from suffering further damage in the markets abroad. The contract, it is stated, was worth several hundreds of thousands of pounds