LOSS OF MILLIONS.
BY SHORTENING HOURS OF WORK. By '-"able —Press Association—Copyright Sydney, Juno 22, The secretary of the Master Builders' Association estimates that the concession of the employees' claim for a fortyfours hours week would mean a loss ot many millions annually in diminished production. It points out that the. value of the manufactures in Australia is £149,000,000, and the loss of earning capacity of 9 per cent, which the reduction of hours would involve would represent £13,389,000.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 28, 23 June 1914, Page 5
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79LOSS OF MILLIONS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 28, 23 June 1914, Page 5
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