£44 A WEEK
AUCKLAND REPORT OF HIGH WAGES INVESTIGATION PROMISED (Special) WELLINGTON, June 12. An assurance that an immediate investigation would be made into the report that the weekly wages ranged from £9 for an apprentice to £44 for a journeyman in a foundry in Auckland during high-pressure work m connection with minesweepers was given to the House of Representatives by the Acting' Prime Minister. Mr W. Nash, to-day. Mr Nash’s attention to the evidence on hours and wages given before the Armed Forces Appeal Board in Auckland was drawn by Mr H. S. S. Kyle (Opposition, Riccarton), who asked if the Government intended to take action to ascertain the facts. The question was treated as urgent, and Mr Nash replied that the hours and wages in industry were determined by the awards of the Arbitration Court, and no one had any right to claim more than was determined by such awards.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24632, 13 June 1941, Page 6
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152£44 A WEEK Otago Daily Times, Issue 24632, 13 June 1941, Page 6
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