RATES OF PAY

Grey River Argus, 8 September 1939, Page 2

RATES OF PAY

For Mobilised N.Z. Forces WELLINGTON, September 7. The Government has mobilised certain members of the Territorial Force, and of Class 2 of the National' Military Reserve for coast, defence, and the guarding of vital points. The Minister, of Defence announces that the rates of pay and allowances fixed for these troops will apply also to any other force that may be organised for service. The daily rates of pay are: Private, gunner, etc, 7s; Lance Bombardier and Lance Corporal, 7s 6d; Bombardier and Corporal 8s; Sergeant 8s 6d; C.Q. M.S. and Staff Sergeant 9s; Warrant Officer (2nd class) Squadron, Battery or Company S.M. 10s; Warrant Officer (second class), Regt., and Staff Q.M.S. ’and Q.M.S. (Artillery) 10s; Warrant Officer (first class) Regt. S.M. etc., Ils; Second Lieutenant 13s; Lieut. 14s; Captain 16s; Major 18s; Lieutenant-Colonel 21s; Colonel 255. These rates will not apply to the regular military forces. Civil servants called up, or enlisted for service, will be granted leave of absence without pay, and the amount of their superannuation contributions, while serving, will be paid by the Government. The dependents’ allowance will be: On account of wife or guardian of a motherless child or children under 16s, 3s; on account of each dependent child under 16, up to a limit of five children, Is 6d; on account of a widowed mother, dependent on a soldier, Is 6d. Privates and lance-corporals, carrying out certain special duties, will receive an extra Is a day, and in the case of men required to act as cook, 2s 6d a day extra. Whatever a man’s rank the camp allowances are: Colonel ss; Lieut.- j Colonel ss; Major 4s; other commis- ‘ sioned ranks and members of the nursing service 3s; warrant officers and non-commissioned officers above the rank of sergeant Is 6d. Officers and men, alike, will be required to allot a portion of their pay for the benefit of their dependents the minimum being: Single men 14s a week. Married men without children, £2; with one child £2 15s; with two children, £3 10s; with three children, £4.

Nurses in military hospitals will receive the following:—Matron, 15s a day; charge sister 13s; sister llss aft nurses 9s. The nurses’ camp allowance is 3s a day. P