AUSTRALIA.
GENERAL ITEMS. By Telegraph.*-Press Assa. l —Copjflfht Received Oct. 2(5, 10.10 p.m. Sydney, Oct. 2fl.i In order to meet the additional expenditure involved in the new basic wage and the increased cost of coal and other railway freights and fares will be increased 10 2-3 per cent. Tramway fares will be increased proportionately, with a minimum of 2d for any single section. Received Oct. '27, 1.20 p.m. Sydney, Oct. 2<i. A special conference of the Transport Workers' Federation, attended by interState delegates, is discussing the position caused by the shipowners' refusal to disband the bureaux, but there have been no developments.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1920, Page 5
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