TIPPING THE STEWARDS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10060, 3 May 1915, Page 3

TIPPING THE STEWARDS.

INTERESTING FIGURES. The public generally are interested in the subject, of tipping on passenger steamers trading to New Zealand. Evidence on the subject was given in ihfc Arbitration Court in Wellington by the Union Company's superintendent steward, during the hearing of the Cooks' and Stewards' dispute. The witness swore that he had collected information from the men's books which showed that over a period of nine months iho stewards got in tip- per month per man a»s follows: £ s. d. Maunganui ... 3 9 4 ' Maitai 3 5 0 Monowai 3 10 0 Maori 6 10 0 Wahine 9 4 0 J'ateeria 4 17 6 Arahma ... ' 610 0

Omitting the Maori and the Wahine, he said, the average was £4 16- per steward per month. In the cooking department aboard ship the galley hands render down the fat and sell it for their own benefit. The evidence of the witness in question was to the effect that the galley hands sold the fat with the following financial results on the boats mentioned : Mokoia, £l7 3s per trip, or £4 7s per man. Mailai, £7 10s per trip, or £1 17s 6d per man. Moeraki, £lB per trip, or £4 lO.s per man. Maunganui, £32 14s per trip, of £4 13s 6d per man. I