THE OTIRA TUNNEL
HIGH WAGES NOT ATTRACTIVE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last NightIn a letter to Sir William Fraser, Mr. H. Holland, ex-Mayor of Christchurch, referring to the visit of representatives of the Arthur's Pass Tunnel League to the Otira works, states that the pay figures previously supplied by the Minister were found to be under, rather than over-stated, and instead of men. receiving 13s per day, the lowest paid man in the tunnel received ISs for 9ix hours forty minutes, while the men on the Arthur's Pass end, working 6n a co-operative contract, had averaged 22s 10% d per day for eight hours twentyfive minutes for a period of eight mohths. There were only two shifts on the Arthur's Pass end, and if the' men were available another shift could be worked. This satisfied the visitors that the offering of higher wageß would not attract more men. Mr. Holland says that, generally speaking l , all the conditions of living were found to be satisfactory.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 June 1919, Page 5
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165THE OTIRA TUNNEL Taranaki Daily News, 17 June 1919, Page 5
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