LABOUR CONDITIONS
INCREASE IN WAGES.
DECREASE IN HOURS
(Received Last Night, 9.45 o'clock.)
LONDON, August 29
The Labour Department's report for 1910 shows that wages increased by £14,500 weekly, compared with decreases for the two proceeding years, while there was a general decrease pf working hours. The general wages level is the highest since 1893. Seventy per cent of the wage changes were effected by the Conciliation Boards and private arbitration.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10407, 30 August 1911, Page 5
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71LABOUR CONDITIONS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10407, 30 August 1911, Page 5
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