RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION
DARGAVILLE INDIGNATION
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)
DARGAVILLE, January 8
Men engaged on the. Railway construction works on the final section of the Tangawhine-Dargaville line of which all but about one and a-half miles is nearly complete, were given a week’s notice this morning. They resumed after the Christmas vacation yesterday and as far as can he ascertained have not been offered work elsewhere. The number of men affected is upwards to 160, mostly married. A public meeting will he held on Monday to consider what action be taken. In connection with the closing much indignation has been expressed in the district as it is contended, under a month’s work would have given another five and a half miles completed railway and brought the terminus within one and a half miles of Dargavllle. Hope is still expressed owing to tlr< fact that the work is near completion, it may be resumed after March 31. .
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1931, Page 5
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155RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1931, Page 5
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