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It cost £8,185 to increase tho railwaymen's wages between January Ist" and March 31 et, so that all adult employees in the second division should obtain a minimum wage of 9s a day. Theincreases granted to the railway ser- . vie*- during the same period cost aft: cxii a. £16,000. Anong other items shown on the return of unauthorised expenditure circulated to-day is a sum of £217 spent by the Marine Department to detect illegali sealing -at Campbell Island. The Electoral Department spent £14,000 in excess ofwits vote, though, tho authorisation was larger than usuallast session because of the election tofollow.
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Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13456, 29 June 1912, Page 4
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103ITEMS FROM "UNAUTHORISED." Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13456, 29 June 1912, Page 4
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