RENTAL OF TOOLS
OBJECT'ON TO CHARGE. (Per Press Association — Copyright.) CHRTsfcHtmCH, ' Jtfy A severe criticism of the- Pubhc (Works Department’s action; in asking 'what was termed exorbitant rentals f9r towLs which are. now lying idle, and wer e deteriorating, wa.s made at a meeting of the Citizens’ Unemployment Relief -Committe-e to-day. It .'was stated that if local bodies could have the use of the tools at a reasonable rental, Bnv could provide work for’ -a considerable' number of men who cannot be- pro-jki-ed for week by- week. The committee derided to inform the Unemployment Board that the local Jodies ol Christchurch were prepared to employ addit’onal relief workers -absorbing 'practically all the- men who could not now get -work, provided arrangements could be made for. 'the Public Works Department to lend the necessary tools.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1932, Page 6
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134RENTAL OF TOOLS Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1932, Page 6
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