RELIEF CAMPS
MEN PROTEST AT NELSON CONDITIONS COMPLAINED OF i Per Fret* Association — Copyright. J NELSON, June 23, Fifty relief workers engaged iu. af| forestation on Spooner’s Range, walk* ed into Nelson to-day, as a protest against camp conditions. d ; They spent the , night at Richmond, en route, where they were accommadated in the public hall. They walked to Nelson this morning and a deputation waited on Mr Atmore, member for Nelson. Also present were, the Mayor, the local representatives of the Forestry Department. . . The march in was, throughly orderly. The men were all well behaved. The main objection is J p the- mess 1 - voom.
Mr Atmore promised to make representations to the Government of the complaints put .before him. The men are. 1 being . accommodated by the Nelson Relief Committee at the Y.M.C-.A. to-night. , .So, far no agree- . ' meat has been reached regarding the men’s return to camp . V
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 June 1933, Page 4
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151RELIEF CAMPS Hokitika Guardian, 24 June 1933, Page 4
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