WORKMEN’S WAGES
SHOULD THEY BE CUT? DIVERGENT OPINIONS ( From Our Own Correspondent) TAUMARUNUI, To-day. During consideration of the estimate the Taumarunui Borough Council ha.i a lively discussion on staffing and wages. The mayor's proposal w a< that the foreman should be paid £6 10s, with five other members of the outside staff ranging from £4 15s £5 3s. Cr. Steadman said that the foreman should take his coat off and get to work with the other men Cr. Dryland was opposed to any “cut” in wages, as no one in Taumarunui could live on less than £i a week. Cr. Thompson wanted a reduction all round and be considered they should start with the mayor's honorarium and the clerk’s salary. Cr. Ward held that at present the pound was only purchasing about lfc or 15s worth of goods, and he wanted to see wages brought up to the standard of the money’s purchasing power. Workmen wanted to be happy and contented. He was opposed to reducinf the mayor’s honorarium, as in the* hard times he was called upon to do a lot of helping. A motion to pass the items under “administration” was carried.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 60, 2 June 1927, Page 8
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194WORKMEN’S WAGES Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 60, 2 June 1927, Page 8
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