Minutes of Evidence p.1401-1509 - Parliament of Victoria

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47998. You cut litt.le corks out of the pieces left in the corners-is that it?-No. Every quarter is Wiiliam:ieiliiqn; 1
cut as square as possible, and is given to men to round or to. a machine. Each machine could turn out 26 t;;"::!:::fts~W.
about thirty-six gross a day. There are fifteen men in the trade and six boys altogether. Weekly we turn
out, or could turn out, 2,916 gross every week, that is by hand labour~ machines and boys.
47999. How many did you turn out last year ?-I am sorry to say I was in the bush, just owing to
this very question. I was working upon the railway now being built for the Queensland border in South
Australia, just owing to the duty not being sufficient to give me employment here. Business has now been
resumed, and I came down employed by Mr. God win. Our trade is prosperous at present.
48000. I understand yom evidence to amount to this, that you want an increase to sixpence ?-That
is it, and then we should soon have numbers. We have written to England now for men, and also
advertised in New South Wales for men if we can get them. Some of our tradesmen have been forced to
work in the bush, because they could not get work at their trade.
The witness withdrew.
Aiijourned to Tuesday next, at Ttvo o'clock.
JA~!ES
TUESDAY, 1sT MAY, 1883.
MIRAllfS,
The Hon. J. IJorimer, M.L.C.,
The Hon. G. Meares, M.IJ.C.,
E. !J. Zox, Esq., M.L.A.,
W. F. Walker, Esq., 1\LL.A.,
Present:
Esq., M.L.A., in the Chair ;
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