NEARLY 14,000 MEN.
ON PRESENT WORKS. \ ' OVER HALF ON RELIEF. (By Telegraph.—Press Association). WELLINGTON, Jan. 31. It is officially stated that there are 13,750 men employed at present on public works throughout New Zealand. The total includes no fewer than 8500 relief workers. The standard rate of pay for single men is 9/» a day. In the predepressioli period the highest standard wage paid on public Works was 14/ r a day. Asked what standard wage was likely to be paid for a 40hours’ week, the Minister for Public Works, Mr. R. Semple, said the question was under consideration and that an announcement would bo made within a few days.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19621, 31 January 1936, Page 3
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