INCREASED WAGES
i-i —■ ♦ . ■■ ■ WHAT IT MEANS TO COUNCIL (By Telegl'alih.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, This Dfty. "If the same average number of men aid to bo employed in tho Corporation service during the year, tho indreased wages granted by tho general labourer's award will absorb &5000, entailing an extra, rate of one penny, said tho Town Clerk to tlto City Council oil tho Arbitration Court's award of M per hour extra to the labourers employed by publid bodies. He thought that tho Court's explanation of tho'' discriminatory attitude botweon privato and public employers was by no means impressive. Tho question was referred to the Flnanc» Committee fdr a full investigation.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 57, 8 March 1928, Page 13
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108INCREASED WAGES Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 57, 8 March 1928, Page 13
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