£5 A DAY
US KITCHEN PAY IN NEW GUINEA. (Rec. 9.5.) SYDNEY, Nov. 28. American paratroops in New Guinea pav un to five pounds per day to substitutes who will do kitchen police duty for them. These duties include the scrubbing of the mess halls, the peeling of vegetables, the washing of utensils and helping to serve meals. “At the rate of five pounds a day, an ambitious private could earn about 1836 pounds a year, which is the basic pav of a United States Army Brivadier-General,” says the latest issue of the United States Army Magazine, “The Yank Ljown Under.” The naper adds that in the United States the ton price for a kitchen police substitute was two dollars a dav. In Australia the price jumped from one pound to three pounds. Now, in New Guinea, where money can be spent only in meagerlydtocked canteens, the price for kitchen police substitutes has skj rocketed to an all-time record.
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Grey River Argus, 29 November 1943, Page 3
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159£5 A DAY Grey River Argus, 29 November 1943, Page 3
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