WORK AND WAGES.
Mr. W. G. Skinner asks where are the high wages paid in New Zealand. I say in Auckland tradesmen are being paid from a pound to twenty-five shillings a day. That would be very nice if it did not interfere with employment. I could point out a street in the suburbs where most of the houses, were painted about a year ago. All were painted by the owners. A master painter was living in the same street and did not gel one to do. Would Mr. Skinner kindly explain why ? I agree with him that there is not much to spare, with the present wa°-es for a married man with a family to keep, but it is the high wages that is the cause of the high cost, of living. Clothing boots, bread and meat are all at least' double the price that they were before the war. Would Mr. Skinner explain why ? I would, suggest that the Arbitration Court might have had something to do with it. ANOTHER LIBERAL.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1930, Page 19
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