Wages Of Motion Picture Employees
WELLINGTON, June 17. A stat einen t that employees in the motion picture industry were the worst paid in New Zealand vvliicli had been made at a previous sitting of the I arliamcntary Comniittee iiiquiring into the industry was refuted by Alr. 1'. L. Spratt ( representing K.erfidgeOdeon) at today's sitting of the comniittee. Alr. iSpratt. said the statetueiil had been made without any faclual backing and was entifoly uiilounded. I'lie award rates in certain nllier indiistries where eonditions might In' coiuparable showed that the wages paid to employees in tlie motioii pie-; ture industry coinparcd favourably. Mr. .J. Fleming, representing the I liejtt rical and I'laces of Amusement' Eniploye.es' Lniou: l gathcr I am the culprit. Tiicv liad the opportunitv t'd. i- ross-exaiuine ino if thev so desired, uul no oue did so. M i • Hpratt said he had submittcd iliat such matters as wages were fof llie ourt of Arbitration and not the present inquirv.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 June 1948, Page 7
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