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MEN CEASE WORK

BAP CONDITIONS . ." ■/ ; 1 / \ 4 ’ -■' ■ y. : . . 1 ; ’.■ . / .; ' v ' ALLEGATIONS AT RUAWARO. ••-h't * • (Per Press Association- Copyright.) \ ’ i '■ • . s , ;** ' HAMPTON, Ju-y'2s. [■-. <. '■ Fifty-three reliefs-' Workers at the , Ruawaro single ,men’s- camp left to- , I day after receiving their wages, refusing to work further, beoanse of al-r j leged bad ' living arid- "totary cohdi- ‘ tions in the camp which, it is stated, f AfficA's refuse ta rectify. . ( A list of the 1 men’s ‘ demands was ,( ' 1 handed to the Public Works' Impart- j., . ment by the camp committee. The j meri ask fot;— -(IKINpW/flr reconditioned j'l gumboots. Tliey ’maintain that nearly* - \ all' the/boots leaklarid - it is jm-/. j,*/ y. possible to keep d,ry" white they carry J out their work of ewamp drainage. (2) t ! ; More butter and sugar rnd; fresh voge-. } tnbles. (3) Bread to be deUvered three j tinicß a week instead yof .twice, as at | . present. Trio ' men state that the i sandwiches which . they , given for |. lunch are cut the previous day ‘ from j bre-’d _ which b often fha.days--chi. (4) j Facilities for obtaining reasonable j drinking Water. The ‘ state they j have to Walk some disthuce to a creek ,t for fresh waiter. fS) A fireplace, and j iflobr boards .in /their dining-room. (6) *. Adequate drying shed. . (?)• Disinfectant . lavatory. t 1 .The men admit they rrt know where they are goinn, but sty they are determined not to work auv longer .finder present conditions. - They in- , tend to walk into Huct’v. ' '' . . ' The men m n irtain that during the Dost 'five months -they have averaged about 7s 6d or 9s a week, arid that their : earnings hove not been enough to. g.ve , ■, them a chance to •,buy warm clothes.. , and so’id boots. “Most- of us »r® wo/’tig away, from the camp ’a great deal poorm than when ws’ came - in. Tbi/s i.s the «uit I. go to church in, ' and this TsMhp'suit I wovk in,” 'said a member of .the* committee, pointing * to h ; s nagged clothes.

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Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1932, Page 5

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MEN CEASE WORK Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1932, Page 5

MEN CEASE WORK Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1932, Page 5

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