WAGES INCREASES.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1922, Page 2

WAGES INCREASES.

UPWARD MOVEMENT OF BASIC RATES. During the discussion in the House of Representatives of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment, mention has been made of the wages inxjreases granted since 1914, and there has been an implication that such increases have been confined to bonuses. According to information supplied to the Wellington Post by a correspondent who vouches for the accuracy of his research, there have been substantial increases in the actual basic rate in many trades. The particulars follow, and they are of special interest: Engine-drivers.—l9l3-14 rate-, Is 3?d per hour, or 10s 6d per day; present basic rate, 17s per day; bonus, 6d per day; total wage, 17s 6d. Drivers (one horse). —1913-14 rate, £2 8s per week; present basic rate, £3 15s; bonus, 10s; total, £4 ss.

Engineers. 1913-14 rate, Is 4£d; present basic rate, 2s; bonus, 32d; total, 2s 3%d. Plumbers. —1013-14 rate, Is sd; present basic rate, 2s 3d; bonus, jjd; total, 2s 3|d. Laborers.—l9l3-14 rate. Is 2d; present basic rate, Is 7d; bonus, total, Is Carpenters and Joiners. —1913-14 rate, la fid; present basic rate, 2s; boqus, 3%d; total, 2s 3|d. Cooks and Stewards (chief cook, Union Steam Ship Co., Ltd.) —-1913-14 rate, £l4 per month; present basic rate, £22 10s; bonus, nil; total, £*2? 10s. Furniture Trade. —1913-14 rate, Is 4Jd; -present basic rate, 2s; bonus, 3fd; total, 2s 3|d. Grocers.—l9l3-14 rate, £2 10s; present basic rate, £4 2s Gd; bonus, 8s; total, £4 0s fid.

Restaurant "Workers (males).—l9ls rate, £4 10s; present basic rate, £4 15s; bonus, 14s; total, £5 9s. Restaurant Workers (waitresses).— 1915 rate, £1 2s fid; present basic rate, £1 ss; bonus, 9s Gd; total, £1 14s Gd. Storemen and Packers.—l9l4-15 rate, £2 10s; present basic rate, £4 ss; bonus •10s; total wages, £4 15s. Waterside Workers (stevedores). — 19H-15 rate, Is sd; present basic rate, Ss 3d; bonus, Id; total, 2s 4d.