COST OF SHIPS.
WHERE GERMANY SCORES,
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT, LONDON, Oct. 16.
The burden of the cost of materials, equipment and services beyond the control of the industry- are given as the causes of Germany’s cheaper shipbuilding in the ieport of a joint inquiry. -r It is explained that even if workmen engaged on hulls worked without wages the British price would still be above the German. The report calls attention to the fact that Continental workmen frequently 'work more than 48 hours a week, and asks: “Cannot something be done to compel the adoption of a shorter working week on the Continent instead of a longer week in England?" A comparison of wages shows that in Germany skilled workmen receive 37s a week, while in Britain the wage is 55s 6d a week.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 19 October 1925, Page 5
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134COST OF SHIPS. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 19 October 1925, Page 5
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