Public Works Department.
[Po«q ' During th 6 last few days some ! t0 'bffi'cers connected ■ with the Public -Works Department '; in (various parts, of -the • colony have received; batice that their services are dispensed with, sand- it' is probable r that' betore long further 1 ' Sis 7 -' charges will be made. 'We understand th'atthis has been rendered necessary by .' the reduction m the Public _ Works S expenditure, insisted upon by , the House last session.' A large nuuiber |of tfie officers> whose services have -heen engaged m making surveys. <and ■ completing con-, tract plans for works which, but for the curtailment of the Public Works vote, would, : have ... been dispensed , with, have' been ;; let .during' ' ; the latter, part of the'present financial year. This is one of the first results of Captain - Kussell's- m'otibii; - - ; The ; number of working men thrown oiit of or deprived of worjcby, such a ; reduction itc.cth'e staff, may ; be .estimate^ by jour readers f on' themselves;:/ ,>- -,— , ■:'.!/ '■■ '■ :•• '■ ■■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1491, 27 October 1885, Page 4
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157Public Works Department. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1491, 27 October 1885, Page 4
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