SLUMP PRODUCT
YOUTHS DENIED THEIR CHANGE THE BASIC WAGE PROBLEM [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, September 23. The ages at which the basic wage should apply were discussed by the council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce following a request from a city firm employing a large staff for the council’s attitude towards the question.
Mr M. G. C. M'Caul said a man trained as a doctor did not reach his full capacity and prime until he was 30 or 35, whereas a man on pick and shovel was at his prime at 21. He said the age should vary with the trade or profession. ■ Mr C. J. B. Norwood (president) said he had in mind that great group of young men, the product of the slump, who were now getting towards the period when the basic wage should apply, but who had not had a hope in the world of being useful except at pick and shovel work. Some of those boys had all the ability, if given the opportunity, to make a future for themselves, because they had climbed out of the rut into brain work or skilled handcraft. Mr Norwood suggested referring the question to the Employers’ Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 22451, 23 September 1936, Page 8
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201SLUMP PRODUCT Evening Star, Issue 22451, 23 September 1936, Page 8
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