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WAGES INCREASED. (SVJECLA.L TO "THE PRK3S.") DUNEDIN, June 4. A lengthy special meeting ox Uw OLago Harbour ±ie>ara waa t-'id to consider and salaries in the light of the heavy coet of living. By common conaent the office dfpaitmaat, whoso orga.nis-t.on has boon and is still the subject of enquiry, was in the meantime eliminated f»om consideration, but the remuneration of all employees in the engineer's, harbourmaster's, and dock departments v/aa ex»iLuauve.y investigated the light of currcnt conditions and increases, iu many caaes substantial, weie ratiiicd. Members were paiticularly zealous to Jo justice to the low salaried mon—4he sailoiß, firemen, and labourers on the dredge and the tug. In some caess men were receiving 10s a ,week les3 than outside labourjrs, and such differences were adjusted. The increases ranged from 15 to 25 per cent.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16853, 5 June 1920, Page 2
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138OTAGO HARBOUR BOARD. Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16853, 5 June 1920, Page 2
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