High Wages
Some indication of the scarcity of skilled operators ki certain occupations and. the high wages offered to secure the best men was given at a Waikato County Council meeting, when the engineer, Mr R. G. Howell, told of a bulldozer operator accepting an offer of £ls a week, with employment guaranteed for several months, and a condition that, if wet weather prevented any work being done, the operator would be paid not less than £lO a week.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 13, 16 January 1948, Page 2
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79High Wages Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 13, 16 January 1948, Page 2
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