PROVINCIAL.
Picton, August 14. ; .;;The railway laborers knocked off daywork last , Wednesday, .and have done no work. The prices for piecework are such as the nien will not take, ;and a large number are walking about the town without either money or food. A public meeting ■dfithe inhabitants of the town was held ,. last night, when a resolution was unanimously passed condemning the action of Mr. Guynneth, the "chief engineer here. A committee was appointed, headed by Mr. Conolly, the barrister; to communicate "with the Colonial Secretary and the Super- ! iritendent of the Province, requesting that Air. Brdgdenjmaybe made to provide work or to suppbrt'tli e inieh.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 193, 14 August 1872, Page 2
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107PROVINCIAL. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 193, 14 August 1872, Page 2
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