AUSTRALIAN NEWS
A FIREMAN’S DANGER.
(Australian Press Association)
(United Service)
(Received this day at 11 a.m.) ” SYDNEY, Otcober 31.
A fire in the City Council’s new powerliot.se at Bunnerong; destroyed a large ijiyaytity off valuable switch gear belonging to the Metropolitan Vickers Ltd. In a. storeroom, Fireman Hayden was entrapped in the corner of the store. He fought his way through the flames /and fSfHbMftuistrid' just as his comrades managed to reach him, and pull him to sa|4y f ) ■
AN ARSON CHARGE
MELJIQ URNE, 5 October 31
A large quantity of flax; hemp, and wooh stacked on the Queen’s wharf, close to Queen’s bridge, ::ready for shipment, was burned last night. A man, who is alleged toAiaVe been seen acting suspiciously on the wharf, was arrested and has been charged with arson.
CRANE DRIVERS WAGES. . ■ SYDNEY, Oct. 31
Harbour Bridge crane drivers recently- claimed ■ one pound hourly as wages. The Minister of Works informed' the Assembly that an. agreement was being entered under which jbhe rates vary from 5s 3d to 7s 4-J-d per hour, according to the height at which the men work.
- BASIC WAGES. •' ‘ '' “ MELBOURNE, Oct. 31.
Tin accordance;, with The figures of the Commonwealth Bureau of Statistics, there will be a further decrease ,iri the basic iWagje of Is 6d in Melbourne and Sydney, 6d in Brisbane, 2s 6d id Adelaide, 6d in Hobart and Launceston, while there will be an increase of Is in Perth. The alteration becomes effective to-morrow.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1928, Page 5
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