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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

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1.10

1.10

""

1.70

3"

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0.80 :

1)

0.50

"

time.

Working hours, nine per day. Time and a half paid for over- 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

+7

"

1.00 to

1.50

"

0.80 to

1.20

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1.00 to

1.40

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""

1.00 to

1.40

0.50 to

0.80

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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 ''

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.

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7

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

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One hour off at mid- day rates.