STANDARD WAGE FOR PUBLIC WORKS
{Per Press Association. — Copyright.] WELLINGTON, This Day.
It is officially stated that there are 13,750 men employed at present on public works throughout New Zealand. The total includes no fewer than 8,500 relief workers.
The standard rate of pay for single men is 9/- a day. In the pre-depres-sion period the highest standard wage paid on public works was 14/- a day. Asked what standard wage was likely to be paid for a 40-hour week, the Minister of Public Works, Hon. R. Semple, said the question was under consideration, and that an announcement would be made within a few days.
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Northern Advocate, 31 January 1936, Page 3
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