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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

SECOND DIVISION—continued.

CLASS 3: MAINTENANCE, SIGNAL, AND ELECTRICAL—continued.

Subclass 15—continued.

Junior signal-erectors—

20 years .. .. .. .. 1 6½
19 years .. .. .. .. 1 4½
18 years .. .. .. .. 1 2¾

Subclass 16 :

Electricians (leading hands) .. .. 2 5½ One of 1d. per hour.
Electricians .. .. Special 2 3 2 4
Electric-line men .. .. .. 2 4½ One of ¾d. per hour.
Electric-line men .. .. 2 2¼ 2 3
Electric-line erectors (leading hands) .. .. 2 1¼
Electric-line erectors .. .. 1 10
Junior electric-line erectors—

20 years .. .. .. .. 1 6¼
19 years .. .. .. .. 1 4½
18 years .. .. .. .. 1 2¾

PLAN-PRINTING STAFF.

Per week.

Head plan-printer and assistant photographer .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
5 5 0
Plan-printer and photographer .. .. 5 0 0
Plan-printer .. .. 4 15 0

LAKE WAKATIPU STEAMER SERVICE.

Per Annum.

Captain, s.s. “Earnslaw” .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
340 0 0
Captain, s.s. “Mountaineer” .. .. 320 0 0
Engineer, s.s. “Earnslaw” .. .. 340 0 0
Engineer, s.s. “Mountaineer” .. .. 320 0 0

Per Calendar Month.

Mates .. .. .. .. 1 18 1 4
Mates .. .. .. .. 2 17 1 4
Firemen .. .. .. .. 1 15 11 4 16 6 4 One of 15s. per month.
Firemen .. .. .. .. 2 14 16 4 15 6 4 One of 10s. per month.
Deck hands .. .. .. .. 14 8 0 14 18 0 One of 10s. per month.

The rates of pay for captains and engineers shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st April, 1927; provided that in the case of the captain of the s.s. “Mountaineer” the rate of pay shall be £300 per annum from 1st April, 1927, and £320 per annum from 1st April, 1929.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. NOTWITHSTANDING the provisions as to annual increments contained in the foregoing scales, any member or probationer may on appointment or promotion be paid and be classified according to the rate of salary or wages prescribed or payable for any subgrade or (where there are no subgrades) for any year.

2. Cadets shall, when located and living away from their homes, be paid lodging-allowance at the rate of £35 per annum while in Subgrade 1, £25 per annum while in Subgrade 2, and £10 per annum while in Subgrade 3 of Grade 8 of the First Division.

3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the First Schedule or in any other regulation, the Minister may, in order to give effect to any agreement or contract of service or for any other special reason, fix the rate of salary which shall be paid to any member or probationer or be attached to any office, and may determine the classification of such member or probationer or of the occupant for the time being of such office.

4. Time worked by a cleaner or fireman in the capacity of fireman or engine-driver respectively in pursuance of any regulations in that behalf shall be taken into account in fixing the rate of pay of such cleaner or fireman in the event of his being subsequently appointed to the position of fireman or engine-driver, as the case may be. For this purpose every 313 days actually worked as aforesaid shall be counted as one year. Time worked by a fireman as a night foreman of cleaners shall, for the purposes of this paragraph, be deemed to be time worked as an engine-driver.

5. Boilermakers who, on 12th August, 1926, were engaged at operating acetone or quasiarc-electric-welding plant shall while so engaged be paid 1½d. per hour in addition to the rates prescribed for boilermakers in Subclass 2 of Class 2, Locomotive (Second Division).