SUCCESS OF LOCAL-BODY WORKS SCHEME
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. WELLINGTON, Last Night. Tho Ilon. P, C- Webb; acting-Miiiis-ter oi! Labour, said to-day tbat his endeUvours tO pruvido full-tinie employnient of four montbs' duratiou l'or somo 7000 aicn l'rom the rcgis'er of uJigible unempJoyetl, mninly " tlioso in reeeipt of sustenunce, had met with eompleto success. Comiuencing in June, the cominitmen.ts that had been enterdd into with loca] bodies np to date would give four uionths' employment to 051 7 men, said Mr. WTebb. Of this number, 3090 were domiciled in the North Island and 2821 in tbe Soutb. The works upon whicb these men were to bo employed and the numbers engaged in each class of work were briefly suinmarised as follow: — Fortnation, metalling, widening, etc., roads and, streets, 292-1; levelling, fornatio.n, improvements, etc., parks, domains, school grounds and hospital grounds, etc., 1710; rlrainage, river clearing, river protection, etc., 70(5; Iree planting, 517; footpath constructiou, Iserbiug and ehannclling, cfc., 434; miscellanooue, 220; total, 0517.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 204, 14 September 1937, Page 3
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163SUCCESS OF LOCAL-BODY WORKS SCHEME Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 204, 14 September 1937, Page 3
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