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Received Friday, 5.5 p.m. NEW YORK, March 17. The Australian mission is spending a busy week in Chicago dividing into several parties and investigating various industries. The whole party visited, the Crane Company's •large valve and pipe factory, a remarkable example of mass production where ninety-five per cent. of those working are on piece work and earning a bonus with' no appearance of hustling. The company employs 8,400, including five per | cent, women. Piece work rates are set, enabling the employees to earn 25 per cent. extra bonus rates. The wages are never eut but can be increased. 'Machinists are earning to five shillings an hour, hut the average over the whole works is 2s 8d. The working week is forty-eight hours. ,
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North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 19 March 1927, Page 5
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138THE AUSTRALIAN MISSION. North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 19 March 1927, Page 5
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