RAILWAYS STAFF.
INCREASES MADE. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 15. “The recent additions to the staff of the New Zealand Railways have brought the total of employees to more than 21.000,” paid the Minister of Railways (Hon. D. G. Sullivan) commenting on the effect of the improved industrial conditions on the department’s staff. The Minister mentioned that with a view to bringing the conditions of the department’s staff of female office assistants into line with present-day standards an improved wages scale was being introduced. The amended salary rates would be retrospective to January 1 last. “A gratifying outcome of the increasing business handled by the railways has been the promotion of employment within the department,” Mr Sullivan said. “During the first quarter of the current financial year, 550 additional employees have been engaged.” The steady growth of the department’s activities had necessitated a review of the permanent establishment, and arrangements were now in train which would result in about 500 casual employees with long service being absorbed into the permanent staff.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 219, 16 August 1937, Page 8
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