WATERFRONT CONDITIONS
A QUESTION OF EARNINGS.
Some sidelights on the conditions ruling on the waterfront at the present time were thrown in a case heard in the Magistrate's Court to-day.
A defendant, who stated that he was a watersider, was asked by cross-exam-ining counsel (Mr. N. S. Johnson) whether he had the same chance of obtaining work on the wharf as other men.
"Yes," replied the defendant, "I compete with the 2500 other men there."
"What is the average earnings of tho men on the wharf these days?" inquired counsel.
"Oh," answered the defendant, "it is something about £2." "So far as married men are concerned what do they earn?"
Defendant:. "I am not concerned with married or single men. Some single men earn more than married men."
Counsel: "Have you earned £8 ft week?"
.. Defendant: "I havo heard a lot about *these £8, £9, and £10 a week earnings, but I have never seen any of them myself."
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 28, 2 August 1921, Page 7
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159WATERFRONT CONDITIONS Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 28, 2 August 1921, Page 7
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