WATERSIDERS' EARNINGS
WELLINGTON A. GRADE MEN
AVERAGE £13 Is 2d WEEKLY
In a civil case between a waterside worker and the Wellington Harbour Board, heard in the Supreme. Court in Wellington, the man's loss "of wages because of an accidcnt was in question. It was announced that counsel had agreed that the average earnings of men in the same grade as him, A grade, taken from cards selected at random in the records of the board, were as follows: From July, 1942, to September, 1942, £12 13s 4d a week; from October, 1942, to January, 1943, £13 9s 4d a week. Over the Avhole period from July, 1942, to January, 1943, the average earnings shown on those cards taken at random was £13 Is 2d a week. Plaintiff said his age was 59 and, but for the accident that gave rise to the litigation, he would have expected to be in A grade another four years. He was. working 84 hours a week. A union officer said that there were about 1500 A grade men on the waterfront and about 300 B grade men.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 51, 26 February 1943, Page 3
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184WATERSIDERS' EARNINGS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 51, 26 February 1943, Page 3
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