JOTTINGS FROM THE LOBBY
(Our Parliamentary Correspondent.)
A CO-OP (i R AT: VE CONTE Y T WELLINGTON,, Sept. 15. Some amusement was cause i in the House by a question put by Mr Jones (Ivaiapoi) to the Minister for Labour, relating to a proposal of Wellington City Council to grant a contract to Robert Semple, a. Labour leader, and ex-Labour member, for the cutting of Orango Orango tunnel, under the cooperative system. The men are. to be provided from striking, said Mr Jones. ]’f they strike they lose all their benefits under the contract. If they leave work without a doctor’s certificate on account of sickness, they arc to lose any share of the profits. Is this system of indentured labour in order in this free and enlightened country. (Laughter). Sir W. Herries said he would ask the Labour Department to see that no infringement of the Labour laws took place.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1920, Page 1
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