The Unemployed m Christchurch.
(UNITED PEESB ASSOCIATION) : , . Chbistchubch, Thursday. This morning about 200 unemployed met m Cathedral Square arid passed the: following resolutions :-^". That it is es t sentiaiiy necessary;, nay, the bounden> duty of otir, present Goyernmgnt, ifjjtis to exist at all, immediately to establish a Nat&nal Bank of Issue ;' and that steps be taken to employ the unemployed, and to pay them -with the- 'Bank l of Issue notes, making them the current coin ofe the realm." [The men afterward waited! ' on Mr Austin, the. District Public "Works; Engineer, applying for. work,.- Mr Austin, requested to be furnished with a list of their names. . "
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1650, 5 March 1886, Page 3
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106The Unemployed in Christchurch. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1650, 5 March 1886, Page 3
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