RELIEF WORKS
SOUTHLAND PROTEST.
(By Telegraph—Press Association)
INVERCARGILL, November 14
News that forty of the men employed on the Te Anau relief works are to be discharged on November 18, and to be replaced by another forty, came as a surprise to those dealing with the unemployment question here. Recently, advice was received from Hon. Mr cle la Pewelle that forty mien would be placed on the Te Anau works, and this was interpreted as meaning that an additional forty men would then he employed. On receipt of the Public Works Department’s doe Ison to engage a fresh batch of forty men, the Mayor telegraphed to the Minister of Public Works, stating that he understood that the men at Te Anau were incensed at the proposal, adding that the situation here demanded that additional provision be made urgently for iinemployment works. Messages were also sent by the Mayor to Hon. Mr de la Perrelle and to Mr H. E. Holland. M.P. Leader ol the New Zealand Labour Party.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1930, Page 5
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