Carpel}iers" Ivarnii';gs ~\ cable message from Sydney crediting New" Zealand carpenters with earning J — to £18 a week was commented on by {lie Auckland Carpenters' Union organiser, Mr' K. .1. Cameron. Nearly all carpenters, he said, were engaged on defence works a the rate of :5s 3d an hour, less the various wage taxes. The standard week had recently been reduced from 54 hours to 48. The amounts actually received in . each case Ave re £7 17s lid and £7 Os (id, reduced at the hourly rate for e\ery hour lost through wet Avealher, which meant many hours ia winter.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 84, 29 July 1942, Page 6
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99Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 84, 29 July 1942, Page 6
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