LABOUR FOR PUBLIC WORKS
EMPLOYMENT FOR 10,000 MEN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auokland, February 9. Replying to a deputation urging the importance of various railway works, Sir William Fraser, Minister of Public Works, said his problem was labour rather than money. There would be a great scarcity of such labour during the war. He was determined not to pay men more than 11s. a day. It was the Government's duty to find employment foe-soldiers-who returned. The Minister said he could employ 10,000 men now on public works if they were available. The number now obtainable was only 1600 to 1700, compared with 4000 to 5000 usually employed at this time of. tho year.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 123, 11 February 1918, Page 4
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112LABOUR FOR PUBLIC WORKS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 123, 11 February 1918, Page 4
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