THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
*3>~ \Var: f.s anv> Wok ic. i Prime .Minister's statement indicates that .the Government is alive to the economic dangers of relief work. Tt is proposed that the minimum rates of pay shall he less than those paid to regular workers, hut under the system of co-operative contract men will ho able lo'earii mere. Wo do not think the Government could do otherwise Relief work .should not he made attractive. The danger that rates lower than the standard may depress wages generally hardly exists - here, where workers have the protection of the Arbitration Court. Auckland Star.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1927, Page 2
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100THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1927, Page 2
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