(W1)
1935.
AVERAGE RATES OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.
.................................................................$1.50 to $2.00 per day.
BUILDING TRADE:-
Locomotive Drivers,
Carpenters,
Bricklayers,
Painters,
Plasterers,
Scaffolders,
Labourers (male),
(female),
0,85 10 1.25 0,55 to
*+
0.80 to
1.20 13 1.25 1.20
13.
0.90 to 1.25
*
0.60 to 0.75
0.40 to 0,40
11
Free temporary sleeping quarters
Working hours 9 per day. Time and a half pait for overtime.
provided on the building site and communal messing at cheap rates,
SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING :--
Electricians. Coppersmiths.
Fitters,
Sawmillers,
Boilormakers.......
Sailmakers,
Blacksmiths,
Turners,
Patternmakers,
........$1.00 to $1.40 per day.
1.00 to
160
19
0,80 to
1,55
0.70 to
1.25
**
0.95 to
1.20
1.00 To
1,40
0.75 to
1.20
1.00 to
1.40
1.00 to
1.40
0.70 to
1,00
Labourers,
Overtime—time and a balf. Night work—double time.
Transport WORKERS :—
Tram Drivers,
M
Conductors,
Bus Drivers,
+
.836 to $45 per month.
30 to 39
30 to
50 M
**
Conductors,
Working hours 9 per day. Free Uniform, Bouns at end of year.
RAILWAY WORKERS (GOVERNMEN():—
Station Masters,
18 to 25
Telephono Operators,
Booking Clerks,
144
Guards,
Signalmen............
Engine Drivers,
Ticket Collectors,
Firemen,
Pointsmen,
FEMALE WORKERS IN FACTORIES:—
Cigarette making,.
Kuitting factories,
Perfumery,
-in
Confectionery,
Electric hand torch factories.
Electric band torch battery factories,
$1,100 to $1,800 per annum.
1,100
750 to 600 to 1,00K) 600 to 1,000* 1,0(K)
540 to 1,000 420 to 830 to
**
M
192 to
600
480
240 5
+
.$0,30 10 80.55 per day,
-----
0.25 to 0.60 0.20 to 0.50
++
11
0.20 to 0.40
0.25 to 0.35
0.15 to 0.40
"
Working hours fromn 7 n.m. to 5 p.m. Que hour off at mid-day. Overtime from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at
day rates.
DOMESTIC SERVANTS :—
Employed by Chinese,
Employed by Europeans,.
Gardeners,......
.8 7.00 to 220,00 per month.
13.00 to 10,00 15.00 to 30.ME
**
--
With free lodging, and, with Chinese employers, generally Irve board.
Note :—The rates of pay of Government employees are much the same as those of a similar
category in private employ.
Transport coolies,
C'ont coolies,
Rickslu coolies,
0.80
..$0.60 to $0,70 per day.
0,60 10 0.70
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*
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