STARTLING WAGES
THE ENGINEERING TRADE £44 A WEEK FOR JOURNEYMEN, (P.A.) AUCKLAND. June 10. Weekly wages; ranging from £9 for an apprentice not yet out of ;his time through a swiftly-rising scale to as much as £44 for journeymen, surprised members of the No. 1 Armttd Forces Appeal Board, when an appeal ✓ on behalf of Alfred Ernest Combes, an engineer's apprentice, was made by Senior Foundry, Ltd. The manager of the foundry said the wage list submitted represented a period of extraordinary activity in connection with work on minesweepers, with double-time rates and dirt and welding money. Such an exceptional list was produced solely to show the board the difficulty of obtaining men. Mr A. M. Samuel, a member of the board, said he was interested in the wages'sheet in the hope that he might find a suitable career for his sons. The appeal was adjourned for three months. '
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24630, 11 June 1941, Page 4
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