A Working Man's Complaint.
Tho following letter appeals in the Mai ton paper : — Sir, — Allow me space to lay b3fore your readers some of the outcomes of the present system of accepting the lowest tender for largo Government jobs Close on two hundred men have arrived in Marton, expecting work, some married, leaving all with their families, all more or less unable for auy time to do without work. The contractor arrives on the ground and states his; intention of sub-letting the contract he has received f jom the Government. Verbal tenders come in fast to the contractor for a subportion of the work. The contractor puts them off from day to day, and eventually intimates tho higheit price he will give, which is far below the price be receives for it. Now the outcomo of all this is, the men being pushed for the means of existence, will accept portions of the work ruinous to their interest*. As a consequence, gn>at bitterness will arise;. Is there no means of urging the contractor to proceed with the work, and allay the diusatisfied feeling already existing? — I am, etc., A Practical Man Who Wants Work. Martou, April 27th, 1885.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 123, 29 April 1885, Page 2
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