WORK AND WAGES.
AN INTERESTING REPORT.
AUSTRALIA'S EXPERIENCE.
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, April 21.
The Commonwealth Statistician's report shows that at the end of 1912 there were 021 trade unions in Australia, with a membership of 433,224, of whom 17,070 were females. That represented 51 per cent, of the community.
Compared with 1891, the nominal rate of wages at the end of 1912 showed an increase of 21.7 per cent, in Victoria, where the advance waß greatest, and 10 per cent, in Queensland, where it was lowest.
Particulars of the cost ©f living show that in the six capital cities the weighted average cost was just over 10 per cent, higher in 1912 than in 1911, while wholesale prices were 17 per cent, higher. The results generally showed that since 1890 there had been no material improvement in effective wagon, while the productive activity per head of the population had increased at a greater rate than the effective wages.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 283, 22 April 1913, Page 5
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159WORK AND WAGES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 283, 22 April 1913, Page 5
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