SAILORS' PAY
Sir,—Could you inform we what the rate of pay is for an ordinary seaman: (1) single, (2) married, (3) married and one child.—Yours, etc.. CURIOUS. August 4, 1943. [When this letter was referred to the agent for the Seamen’s Union at Lyttelton he gave the following rates of pay for ordinary seamen:—Under 18 years, £ll 11s 8d a month, plus 5 per cent., plus cost of living allowance, £1 Is Bd. Over 18 years, £l3 Os 8d a month, plus 5 per cent., plus cost of living allowance £1 Is Bd. Your letter refers to the status of single, married, and married persons with one child, so your in*quiry would seem to refer to rates for ordinary seamen in the Royal Navy, To this the Paymaster at the Navy Office at Lyttelton replied that the answer would be so extensive and involved that he would prefer that the inquiry be directed to the Navy Office at Wellington.]
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24022, 10 August 1943, Page 6
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