CO-OPERATIVE WORKS.
: ;A"COMPLAINT ANDiA' DENIAL. ;. The Hon.: R. M'Kenzie, Ministor for Public Works; emphatically denies certain statements made, to the -Hon.. D. Buddo by a member .of. a: deputation, representing cooperative railways "workers at Cheviot. It was alleged that ;tho; Public Works Department kept the men waiting for their wages as' long as .seven weeks, and invono case for eight weeks'. " ■ .'■.,,• ,• j ' ; Tho ; Minister, states ■•thatr.nß has.made in-quines,.-and has satisfied himself that the men wore paid oh November [16 and Decem--17. Work then ceased-for'the holidays, and was.resunied on January 4.- The work done this nioilth will be increasediupon January 28.. Mr. M'Kenzie also states I ,that any, man who may be short of cash v can .'get an-,.ad-vance, or the Department will 1 , guarantee an order on a storekeeper, up to £3.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 411, 21 January 1909, Page 4
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