Apia Employees
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Salary Increases For M. H.’S
BECAUSE of the steadily rising cost of living, Morris Hedstrom, Ltd., have recently given considerable salary increases to their Western Samoa staff.
Increases average about 22 per cent.
At the same time, however, a former incentive bonus has been reduced from 25 per cent, to 12i per cent, on the in creased salary.
It is hoped by employees that other Apia firms will follow the lead given by Morris Hedstrom, Ltd.
It is reported that as a result of their move MH, Ltd., have been swamned by an avalanche of applications from'people seeking employment with them.
Mrs. H. G. Gregory Smith and Miss Gregory Smith are expected to arrive in Sydney on November 16, by the Strathaird, en route to the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, where they will join the Resident Commissioner (Mr. H. G.
Gregory-Smith) who arrived in the Pro tectorate last February. Mr. Gregory Smith was posted to the Solomons from British Guiana.