30,225 YARDS FOR A SHILLING
Women railway crossing keepers, on I an average, open the gates 195 times a week, and walk 155 yards each time they do it. Some, wives of railwaymen. receive only Is a week and a free house. Tlie.se figures were given by Mr J. Marchbank at a recent conference which instructed the executive to apply immediately for reduced hours, and, in the case of women, better pay for these worker?.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 30 November 1938, Page 10
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7530,225 YARDS FOR A SHILLING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 30 November 1938, Page 10
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