FAIR WAGES.
CLAUSE IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. AN AMENDMENT. Received March 12, ?a.m, LONDON, March 11. In the HOUS6 o:E Summons, during a discussion on the f 6§t9l Estimates, Mr Hodges (Labour) nlcWert the insertion of a stricter fail" wages clause in Government contracts'. This led to the Hon. Sydney Bux> ton, Postmaster-General, making the desired amendment, which the House agreed to, the Labourites accepting it as satisfactory. UNIONIST AND RADICAL FREETRADER' OBJECTIONS. Received March 12, 9 a.m. LONDON, March 11. During the debate on Mr Hodge's motion, the Unionists and some Radical Freetraders objected to the endeavour made to compel official recognition of local trade union rates instead of the present fair wages clause, because it was opposed to the principle of Freetrade and the Government's system of placing contracts abroad, where lower wages were under no disability.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3137, 13 March 1909, Page 5
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138FAIR WAGES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3137, 13 March 1909, Page 5
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