SALARIES FOR BOYS.
MODERATE SCALE BEST.
A. and N.Z.
SYDNEY. Mar. 20.
Mr. Justice Quick, in the Arbitration Court, dealing with boys' wages in connection with the insurance staffs' claimj, endorsed the companies' argument that it is not desirable that boys' salaries should be above their station in life and requirements. ' He said this tended to encourage an. inflated idea of self-importance and extravagance. l< would be' better that they should v.-ii! till a more mature ago. His Honor fixed the commencing wage at the ago of 15 at £60, with annual increases to £200 ■«t the age of 21, ..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18664, 21 March 1924, Page 9
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