MILEAGE AND WAGES
LESS RUNNING, MORE PAY. A statement produced by Mr H. H. Sterling, on behalf of the Railway Department, at the sitting of the Enquiry Board at Wellington last week, shows that while train mileage—considered a fair test of the work done by the Department has decreased by 3.16 per cent, since 1914 (figures taken prior to the outbreak of war), wages expenditure has increased by 80.12 per cent. The detailed figures are as follows:
Train. Decrease Year. mileage. on 1914. 1914 .. .. 9,319,268 — 1919 .. 7,477,583 19.76 P x. 1920 .. .. 7,408,608 20.50 p.c. 1921 .. .. 9,303,392 .17 p.c. 1922 .. .. 8,717,265 6.46 p.c. 1923 .. .. 8,346,731 10.44 p.c. 1924 .. .. 9.024,503 3.16 p.c. Wages Wages Year. expenditure. increase. 1914 .. .. £1,966,868 — 1919 . £2,277,142 15.77 p.c. 1920 .. .. £2,745,780 39.6 p.c. 1921 .. *. £3,606,343 83.00 p.c. 1922 .. .. £3,826,369 94.50 p.c. 1923 .. .. £3,448,942 75.40 p.c. 1924 .. .. £3,542,699 80.12 p.c.
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Southland Times, Issue 19277, 23 June 1924, Page 10
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141MILEAGE AND WAGES Southland Times, Issue 19277, 23 June 1924, Page 10
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