COST OF LIVING
AN, INCREASE IN N.S.W.
(Australian Press Association)
ißeceived this dav at 9.25. a.m.) SYDNEY, April 27.
Automatically with the increase in the cost of living in Australia, - the wages paid under the Federal awards increase correspondingly. The Act-ing-Premier announced to-day that the latest increase of four shillings in the Federal basic wage would involve > an extra expenditure of £425,000 sterling chiefly in railways and tram- > ways services. The matter is causing concern also among private employ- ■ ers and customs antliorities, who state they are unable effectively to control tariff operations, due to the ever re- ;• curring sharp rises in the cost ol production. It is feared v tljat ~grays additional-; unemployment*? SriU Sfctyfc - suit
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1929, Page 5
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