COMMONWEALTH STATISTICS.
(Received 8.0 a.m.) Sydney, April 21
The Commonwealth statistician’s report shows that at the end of 1912 there were 621 trades unions in Australia, having a membership of 433,224, whereof 17,670 were females. The unemployed represented 51 per cent, of the community. Compared to 1891, the nominal rate of wages at the end of 1912 showed an increase 21.7 per cent, in Victoria (where the advance was greatest), and 10 per cent, in Queensland (where it was the lowest). Particulars of the cost of living show that in the six capital cities the average cost was just over 10 per cent higher in 1912 than in 1911, while the wholesale prices were 17 per cent, higher. The results generally show that since 1896 there has been no material improvement in effective wages, while the productive activity per head of the population increased to a greater rate than effective wages
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 88, 21 April 1913, Page 5
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151COMMONWEALTH STATISTICS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 88, 21 April 1913, Page 5
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