SEAMEN'S WAGES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15195, 16 April 1917, Page 4

SEAMEN'S WAGES.

OFFICERS' EIGHT-HOUR B£& Captain F. A. Maclndoe, secrsetary of the Merchant Service GtrflcL, recently mentioned to members of the Shipowaors' Federation, the question <if granting to ships' officers recognition of an eighthour day and payment for overtime. Captain Maclndoe pointed out that frequently the men before the mast earn considerably larger wages, through payment for overtime, than the officers on the very vesselp on which the seamen are employed. Me instances the following cases which he is prepared to verify:— No. 1 Example, for one month. £ s. d. First mate - 19 <> 0 Lamp-trimmer, same ship .- 30 0 0 No. 2 Example, for one' month. > First mate 19 0 0 Lamp-trimmer, same ship ... 25 0 0 No. 3 Example, for one month. First mate 22 12 5 Second mate —-... 16 i 6 j Third mate 15 2 8 A.8., same ship 18 13 1 A.8., same ship 18 11 3 A.8., same ship 18 6 1 Captain Maclndoe said to a New Zealand Times representative the other day "Four officers have already gone into the 'fo'castle, and it will not bo long before there are more, with no worry, no responsibility, no appearance to keep up. I understand these conditions were given to the seamen because they were the rates on the Australian coast, and I am very glad they have such good conditions."