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AN INVASION

BY UNEMPLOYED. (By TcUujraph — Per Press Association) GISBORNE, February 11. The single men in tlu* tailway camp in Kopun wahara A'alley at the Waikokopu end ol the Gisborne rai.way route, where they have remained since the eessatio not work on the line, have now reached the end ol their re 01 fees and will have to depart eleswhere for food, if for nothing else. According to information received in Gisborne today, it is probable that the Kopuawhara men w' 1 1 arrive here in the course ol the next lew days. 11 tills occurs it means that Gisborne’s unemployed ranks will be increased by over one hundred from Kopuawhara, who will probably pick up a further fifty or sixty men at, Rartletts’ on the way into Gisborne. The town has already had many calls for assistance to earthquake sullerers, and it is ob\ ions that the arrivalol a further one hundred and fifty or one hundred and sixty men. till practically destitute, will mean a greatly augmented burden on the community in Gisborne. Hearing of the impending trek, the Chamber of Commerce despatched the following message to tin* Prime Minister: — “One hundred men have been discharged Iron) Waikokopu and arc coming to Gisborne. Local orgimsntions cannot assist them, being busy with earthquake relict. The Chamber of Commerce suggests a continuance of the work at Waikokopu or the flint.ing of work elsewhere.”

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Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1931, Page 3

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AN INVASION Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1931, Page 3

AN INVASION Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1931, Page 3

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