MARRIED CARPENTERS.
KEEPING TWO HOMES. SECRETARY'S STATEMENT. ANNUAL WAGE FOR TRADESMEN. [By Telegraph. —Press Association] WELLINGTON, Aug. 10. The secretary of the Carpenters''and Joiners' Union, .Mr. Moulton, states that there is little unemployment among carpenters. "The Government housing scheme is relieving the position," he said. "There still, however, remains the difficulty of a number of married men having to travel to secure work, bringing the problem of keeping two homes going." A number of answers received to 10,000 questionnaires he sent out, he added, showed an annual wage for tradesmen of from £152 to £lB2, and an average rental of 30/-, leaving little for food and clothing.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20082, 10 August 1937, Page 3
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