CITY COUNCIL EMPLOYEES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11691, 28 June 1901, Page 6

CITY COUNCIL EMPLOYEES.

A MINIMUM WAGE. At last night's meeting of the Auckland i City Council, -Mr. Garratt moved, "That i the minimum wage of City Council em- i ! ployees on the. streets be fixed at 7s per | i day." Mr. Julian seconded, and Mr. Glover and j I Mr. Rosser supported. Mr. Stiehbury thought the Council should i employ more men and leave the wages as j I at present. Mr. Masefield thought it would be a mis- I take to fix a minimum. If they got a good | man they should pay him 8s or 9s, but there I i was a large class who would be glad to earn less than 7s rather than go on to public charities. Mr. Baume look the same view of the I matter ris Mr. Masefield. j Mr. Court said he would vote against the j motion for the sake of the old men nowemployed by the Council who were not worth 7s a. day. Mr. Patterson spoke in favour of the ! motion. fie pointed out that contractors j | doing work for the City Council had to iay I : at least. 7s a day. and maintained that it I was the duty of the City Council to set an i I example and pay as much as the contractors j had to pay. On a vote the motion was carried, Messrs. i I Hannan, Julian, Rosser, Glover, Garratt, | Patterson, Hewson, and Dignan voting for I j it, and Messrs. Stiehbury, Court, Masefield, and Baume against it. : i