LOW WAGES
FOR RELIEF WORKS
fßy Telegraph, Per Press Association.;
INVERCARGILL, November 28
At a meeting of the Finance Committee of the Soutliand County Council, held this morning, great disappointment Avas expressed that the report of the Unemployment Board seemed to indicate that the standard rate of wages to be paid on relief works was to lie 14s per day. ■ .
The Council then 'passed the following resolution:—“Taking into consideration the serious financial position of the primary and secondary industries of the country, this Council is not prepared to co-operate unless the wages paid in relief works are reduced to 12s per day for married men and 9s per day for single men.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1930, Page 5
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