CO-OPERATIVE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.
THE MEN’S EARNINGS. The following statement, the figures in which have_..been brought up to date, shows the earnings of men who have taken contracts on various sections of railway under the cooperative principle inaugurated by the Hon. Mr Se-.idon Men Avge. Railway. em- earnings ployed, per diem.
Five hundred and ninety-eight men were employed in all, and the success of the system stands attested by the above figures. *There were a few Maoris employed on this section (one party only) whose earnings were at the rate of Is lid only per dien).
Whangarei-Ramo 109 s. 7 d. 7i Grahamsto\vn-Te Aroba 205 7 7i N.I. Main Trunk (Mokau) ... 141* 7 7& N.I. Main Trunk (Makohine) 51 8 10 W’gton-Woodville (Malrakahi) W’gton-Woodviile (Pukemuke) 61 7 9 59 7 9i Gre.ynnouth-Hokitdka ... 83 8 11 Seaward Bush (Waituna) 86 8 3 h
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1057, 2 June 1892, Page 38
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