TUNNEL CONTRACT
WORKERS’ HARD CONDITIONS. (By Telegraph—Press Association). 'WELLINGTON, Alay 10.. A statement of the conditions of work being encountered in the driving of the Jvoteinaori Tunnel on,the Wni-roa-Uisberne railway, was made today by Mr Cook, Secretary of the New Zealand 'Workers’ Union, in repudiation'of what,he describes as the grossly unfair and misleading report given recently regarding the rates of pny'ton the job. ’ According to Mr Coolc, the conditions in. the tunnel, owing to wet and the nature of the country, are peculiarly had, and the men are asking only a fair thing. In rcsnoMse to an inquiry to-day, the Minister of Pirblie Works said tlmL an Inspecting Engineer of his Department was at present in the Napier district looking into the statements made in regard to the tunnel, and, pending the receipt of his report, he had no statement to make.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1929, Page 6
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142TUNNEL CONTRACT Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1929, Page 6
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