STATE SAVES £375,000
PUBLIC SERVICE WAGES CUT SIX PER CENT. QUEENSLAND’S ECONOMY Reed. 10.10 a.m. BRISBANE, Today. An imihediate reduction of six per cent, in Public Service salaries, affecting about 11,000 employees and saving the Government £375,000 a year, was made by Mr. Justice Webb in the Industrial Court. The Judge refused to reduce railwaymen’s .wages. SENATE ALTERS BILL CANBERRA, Friday. In the Senate today the debate in the Committee stage was concluded on the Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Bill. It negatived almost all the provisions regarded by the Government as vital except a proposal to appoint Conciliation Commissioners. Upon that point a compromise was reached, namely, that the Commissioners should be limited to three. N.S.W. POOL SCHEME Reed. 10.10 a.m. SYDNEY, Today. The N.S.W. State Cabinet has decided that a ballot will be taken on September 20 of wheat growers on the question whether they favour a State compulsory wheat pool. The question of a State guarantee is not finalised.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1040, 2 August 1930, Page 9
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161STATE SAVES £375,000 Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1040, 2 August 1930, Page 9
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