Letter from C. J. Hanrette to E. A. Aston, 14 March 1916
1
ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO THE
DIVISIONAL OFFICES,
AND THE FOLLOWING NUMBER QUOTED :—
D.0.9167 TELEPHONE NO. 3700
TELEGRAMS :—
DIVEX, DUBLIN LABOUR EXCHANGES AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, DIVISIONAL OFFICE FOR IRELAND, LORD EDWARD STREET, DUBLIN. 14th March, 1916. Dear Mr. Aston, In reply to your letter of the 11th March, I beg to
state that the following trades in Ireland have had a minimum
wage fixed : -
Minimum Time Rate per hour.
Men. Women.
1. Ready Made & Wholesale
Bespoke Tailoring ... 6d. 3 1/4d.
2. Cardboard box-making ... 6d. 2 3/4d. *
3. Shirt-making. ... No record of 3 1/4d.
rate for men
having been
fixed
4. Sugar Confectionery ... 5 1/4d. 2 1/2d.
*It is proposed to vary this rate to 3d. per hour. Yours sincerely, C. Hanrette E. A. Aston, Esq.. Local Government Inspector, Local Government Board, DUBLIN. D.H.D. C.J.H.
ADDRESSED TO THE
DIVISIONAL OFFICES,
AND THE FOLLOWING NUMBER QUOTED :—
D.0.9167 TELEPHONE NO. 3700
TELEGRAMS :—
DIVEX, DUBLIN LABOUR EXCHANGES AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, DIVISIONAL OFFICE FOR IRELAND, LORD EDWARD STREET, DUBLIN. 14th March, 1916. Dear Mr. Aston, In reply to your letter of the 11th March, I beg to
state that the following trades in Ireland have had a minimum
wage fixed : -
Minimum Time Rate per hour.
Men. Women.
1. Ready Made & Wholesale
Bespoke Tailoring ... 6d. 3 1/4d.
2. Cardboard box-making ... 6d. 2 3/4d. *
3. Shirt-making. ... No record of 3 1/4d.
rate for men
having been
fixed
4. Sugar Confectionery ... 5 1/4d. 2 1/2d.
*It is proposed to vary this rate to 3d. per hour. Yours sincerely, C. Hanrette E. A. Aston, Esq.. Local Government Inspector, Local Government Board, DUBLIN. D.H.D. C.J.H.
A letter from C. J. Hanrette, to E. A. Aston, inspector for the Local Government Board (LGB), in response to Aston's letter of 11 March 1916, giving details of the fixed minimum wage for men and women working in various trades in Ireland. Trades mentioned include tailoring, cardboard box-making, shirt-making and sugar confectionery.
How to cite
Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0514.html)
- Place
- Labour Exchanges and Unemployment Insurance, Divisional Office for Ireland, Lord Edward Street, Dublin, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Letter from C. J. Hanrette to E. A. Aston, 14 March 1916
- Place
- Local Government Board, Dublin, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Sir Henry A Robinson to Robert Chalmers, 29 May 1916
- Letter from a Local Government Board Inspector to Captain Kelly, 11 March 1916
- Letter from R. C. Kelly to E. A. Aston, 14 March 1916
- Letter from Alexander McDowell to E. A. Aston, 17 March 1916
- Letter from a Local Government Board inspector to C. J. Hanrette, 11 March 1916
- Letter from C. J. Hanrette to E. A. Aston, 14 March 1916
- Letter from the Local Government Board (LGB) to Cecil Pim, 11 March 1916
- Letter from Cecil Pim to E. A. Aston, 15 March 1916
- Letter from Sir Henry A Robinson to Thomas Nally, 6 April 1916
- Letter from Alexander Richard Barlas to the Longford Urban District Council, 28 July 1916
- Letter from J.E. Devlin to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 23 June 1916
- Letter from the Alexander Richard Barlas to Sir Matthew Nathan, 15 February 1916
- Letter from A R Barlas to Sir Matthew Nathan, 1 March 1916
- Letter from J E Devlin to the Local Authority Longford, 30 November 1915
- Letter from L.S. Smith to the Executive Sanitary Officer, 3 March 1916
- Letter from A R Barlas to Sir Matthew Nathan, 28 February 1916