RANTING, SAYS MINISTER
•V" ■ — WELLINGTON, July 31. "This sort of criticism is sheei hunibug, ' ' said tlie Minister or Works Hon. I?. Semple, todav when referrin^ to a statement from tlie ottieial journa of the Wellington braneh of tlie New Zealand Carpenters' and Joiners I'nion in wliieh it claimed luxur; buildings had been aliowed to procee at a time of an aeute housinj shortage, and that " Imilding worker are fed uj) to the back teeth". TI). Minister said there was ahsolutely n faetual basis for the allegations o proiniseuous luxurv Imilding and as fo Ihe allegation that the workers vver fed uj) to the back teeth, Mr. Sempb said: "I believe this to be the empt; ranting of a disgruntled union official I cannot credit that it represents tio viewjioint of the genuine worker." Tlio Minister aiso denied an allega tion that authority had boen givei for luxurv jobs to proceed after huilcJ ing eont rollers had turned down per mits.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 August 1947, Page 5
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