The Gold Mines of Western Australia: A Terse Description of Conditions Past and Present of Australia's Greatest Mining BeltH. V. Courtayne |
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Page 56
... wages due to workmen shall be paid in two instal- ments in each month . The record book to be kept on every mine is to be preserved in good order and condition and all entries therein must be written in ink . Section 57 should be ...
... wages due to workmen shall be paid in two instal- ments in each month . The record book to be kept on every mine is to be preserved in good order and condition and all entries therein must be written in ink . Section 57 should be ...
Page 60
... wages - exceptionally high wages when compared with the rates of pay for similar work all over the rest of Australia - seized upon the chance of getting their wages increased . Through unions they put in claims for general all round ...
... wages - exceptionally high wages when compared with the rates of pay for similar work all over the rest of Australia - seized upon the chance of getting their wages increased . Through unions they put in claims for general all round ...
Page 62
... wages paid in what is perhaps the richest mining filed in the whole world , and then fixing the wages in other fields at rates higher than those awarded in Kalgoorlie in rough proportion to the distance of each field from the starting ...
... wages paid in what is perhaps the richest mining filed in the whole world , and then fixing the wages in other fields at rates higher than those awarded in Kalgoorlie in rough proportion to the distance of each field from the starting ...
Page 63
... wages case . The workers in a set of mines at Southren Cross demanded higher wages from their employers , and , when they were met with a refusal , ignored the Act altogether and went out on strike to enforce their demand . After having ...
... wages case . The workers in a set of mines at Southren Cross demanded higher wages from their employers , and , when they were met with a refusal , ignored the Act altogether and went out on strike to enforce their demand . After having ...
Page 64
... wages . And he was also constrained to admit that the indust- ries of New Zealand , taken as a whole , had just about reached the limit of their wage - paying capacity . So the late Mr. Seddon himself , not long before his death ...
... wages . And he was also constrained to admit that the indust- ries of New Zealand , taken as a whole , had just about reached the limit of their wage - paying capacity . So the late Mr. Seddon himself , not long before his death ...
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