WAGES ON MAUI POMARE
HIGH RATES TO NATIVES Press Association WELLINGTON. Monday. In connection wttn statements bv the Seamen’s Union regarding the crew of the Maui Pornare it is officially stated that although the wages of natives of the Pacific Islands average in the vicinity of £4 a month, it was decided that, should the natives of the crew prove efficient, they be pay wages more on a par with those obtained by the New Zealand seamen The Maui Pornare is now staffed entirely with a native crew and they are proving surprisingly efficient. j, accordance with Mr. Coatees statement. the wages of these men have been increased rapidly as they came qualified and have far exceeded the rate submitted by the Union. In several instances the wages paid to the Niuean crew are eqtfi? a lent to. and in om instance are in excess of. rates payable to Europeans under the awards.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 510, 13 November 1928, Page 18
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