FAMILY ENDOWMENT.
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I FIXING THE BASIC' WAGE. I
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■*:: SYDNEY, March 25. I Under a Bill passed last night lh? \ cndowment kcheme does not be- S come operative till the Industrial; Comrpissioner declares a new fcasie \ wage on the basis of a man and j wife w^ithout children. The present | basic wage of £4 4s is fixed on the I basis of a man, wife and two child- j ren. • ! Labour members frankly express ; tiieir disapproval of the new ! promise in the Bill, which bears lit- ; tle resemblance to the measure a.? I intrcuuced by the Minister of 1 bour. Mr Lang points o'ut, howcver, \ that the Bill is good §o- far as ii : g',cs, in that the princlple of fam- ) ily endowment bas been established • as a licccsisry complrment to the *: w^ages system. The Government \ hopes the/ Federal Parliament will f be forced to- introduce an endow- ; ment scherne fcr the whole Com-'. monwealth. i * M I l.l.lil . Z
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North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17168, 26 March 1927, Page 5
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165FAMILY ENDOWMENT. North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17168, 26 March 1927, Page 5
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