ABSTRACT
After 1906 the depression in the mining industry which left wages just 40 per cent above the standard began to lessen and by the beginning of 1908 there was an improvement of 20 per cent. Across the second half of the decade wages fluctuated slightly but were characterised overall by a general rise. By the end of 1908 they stood at 55 per cent above the standard. They fell by 5 per cent the following year, but then in 1912 this loss was returned. Two more advances of 5 per cent each brought wages to 65 per cent on the standard by May 1913.
