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Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1922, Page 3

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IS.. N.Z. CAULK > SSOCI/T1 OS' HORNSBY MURDER. SYDNEY, July 17. ( ahiuei has decided to increase tin reward for the arrest o| the llornsh;, nr.ideier In L‘so<) : also (n ask the slumps hank commissioners to inereas ■i: V rewind similarly, making L'lOlil in all

WOAIKN’S BASIC WAGE. SYDNEY, Julv lit,

Giving evidence at the Board of Trade inquiry into unm-'ii’s basic wage a r-nresi-nlativc oi tin- Union taries’ Association stated that since M!2O the cost of commercial hoard and I (lgings tin women ill certain eases lad increased by ten to thirty per ( nt. REDUCIN'! WAGES. BRISBANE, July 2<L Tin- Full Bench of the Arbitration Court reduced salaries of State employees by 111 per ceiit. per annum and {minted out that wages were reduced last- March iiv 5.9 per cent, whilst the cost of living, according to Air Knibbs had dropped 11.8

AN OUTRAGEOUS PROPOSAL. (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY. July 20. Sir Geo. Fuller condemned the Union Secretaries Scheme for reducing produeton, as one of the most outrageous conceived by Extremists. It was an attempt- to create discord, and class hatred. and a. step towards a revolutionary object in-. Government would expect full support, fro in all parties in suppressing it. It now transpires that the 'clieme emanated only from Unions affiliated with Ihe Labour Council. Several nun-affiliated unions repudiate the scheme yesterday, whilst a special meeting of I 'nion secretaries .directed a'lrdi-n to issue a statement absolving them I rom any complicity in the .scheme. FEDERAL POLITICS. MELBOURNE. Inly 20. In the House of Representatives, Air Hughes explained the Government nttituila towards the wireless agreement.

He replied to Air Earle Rage’s criticism by (|iioting the latter’s speech last session when the Country leader eulogised the project. Air AVntt suggested that the dispute could he adjusted |*y negotiations, which is interpreted as a warning to Government to avoid the danger of defeat on the floor of the House.

A CORRECTION. SYDNEY, July 20. Correction—-The Community Singing ,vas in a couple of churches, not in i die Town Hall. PARLIAMENTARY BAIL ! (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 20. In the Assembly, replying In a question regarding the parliamentary liquor bar, tho Speaker said the amount of liquor consumed there was very small indeed. Some 250 persons had the privilege of the refreshment room and the amount spent weekly was less than 2s per man over the whole parliamentary peiiod. 4 COMMUNITY' SINGING. SYDNEY, July 20. Community singing was started in (to- Town Hull. Though not attended with the success attained in New Zoalnnd arid elsewhere, its popularity is {•rowing-