COST OF LIVING.
EAILWAYMEN'S DEMANDS. REDUCED PRICES OR INCREASED WAGES. Napier, Oci 8. One of the largest meetings of railwaymen in Napier was held to-day at the lunch hour. It endorsed the Petone shops' resolution as follows: "That this mass meeting of railway employees at Napier vigorously .protests against the continued inaction of the Government to seriously grapple with the cost of living. Meanwhile, enormous war profits are being made on the one handy whilst prices of necessaries of life are going up hy leaps and bounds, yet wages remain stationary, consequently, the standard of life is still declining. Many articles of food and clothing are being replaced by inferior goods in less quantities, and the struggle for existence grows keener and keener. In many cases men with families are unable to obtain the necessaries of life for their growing children, or to make both ends meet. We therefore demand that Parliament assembled shall immediately..take the necessary steps to definitely fix the prices of food and clothing within the limits . of our wages, qr increasing our wages by the amount required to purchase thoae articles."
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 October 1917, Page 2
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185COST OF LIVING. Taranaki Daily News, 5 October 1917, Page 2
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