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AVERAGE RATES OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.
Building Trade :-
Carpenters
$1.15 per day.
Bricklayers
Painters
Plasterers
Scaffolders
Labourers (male)
(female)
1.10
"
1.10
1.10
""
1.70
0.80 :
0.50
"
Working hours, nine per day. Time and a half paid for over-time.
Free temporary quarters provided on the building site and communal messing at cheap rates.
Shipbuilding and Engineering:
Electricians
Coppersmiths
Fitters
Sawmillers
Boilermakers
Sailmakers
Blacksmiths
Turners
Patternmakers
Labourers
$1.45 to $1.80 per day.
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1.20 to 1.80
0.80 to 1.80
"
1.00 to 1.40
1.00 to 1.50
"
1.00 to 1.50
"
0.80 to 1.20
"
1.00 to 1.40
""
1.00 to 1.40
0.50 to 0.80
Over-time--time and a half. Night work-double time.
Transport Workers :-
Tram drivers
conductors
Bus drivers
conductors
$36 to $45 per month.
30 to 39 per month.
50 per month.
*
20 to 25 per month.
Working hours, nine per day. Free uniform. Bonus at end of year.
Railway Workers (Government):
Engine drivers
Firemen
Guards
Signalmen
Station Masters
Booking Clerks
Telephone operators
Female Workers in Factories:-
$540 to $1,000 per annum.
330 to 480
""
""
600 to 1,000
"
600 to 1,100 to 1,000 1,800
""
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600 to 480 to 1,000 1,000
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Cigarette making
Knitting factories
Perfumery
Confectionery
$0.40 to $0.80 per day.
""
0.20 to 0.55
0.20 to 0.50
"?
0.20 to 0.60
Working hours from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. day. Over-time from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at one hour off at mid-day rates.