AUSTRALIAN DEPRESSION.
Tire Sydney 1 Bulletin ’ quotes the following advertisement from the ‘S M, Herald.’ as a sign of the blank misery th.-.t has descended upon the land :— 1 L 'gal— Experienced Clerk will give Services for comfortable HnfhS, excel, ’es. Retrenchment, Herald.” and then goes on to »ay — * This reminds ns of an< ther Australian law—clerk and his troubles. Tie. was manager for a leading soli' itor at a sa;ary of £8 per week. The banking evsis catne along, and his salary was reduced lo £7. Tlnn some other c isis eventuated, and the firm propns d to reduce him to £6, hut he revolted and resigned his situa'inn. I hereupon his employers' erg ged an equally competent manager at 80s a week The second Clerk was in receipt of £-1 4s per week, but a« it was obviously a,! snrd that he sh iild receive,three t-inu s the sri-ry r.f ins superior lie wr.s sacked t r th • sake o! preserving the syramet-y of the office, ,n,d his place was fibed by relative •( Tr- tu-ni. who gets no salary n;m hoar :-' with th-" boss The Hr m:s ivc looking a mn WhO Will pK V U ; f > '-'.'CciC i"t '!•!■ ol being office hoy, and then everyth ng will be en suite.
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Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 227, 8 December 1893, Page 6
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