THE CHRISTCHURCH UNEMPLOYED.
[BY TELEGRAPH.] Christchuech, July 3. A crow\l was held last night, convened by the committee of the unemployed. Resolutions were carried accepting the offers of the Gevernment re village and wages on public works, and to the effect that should the Government not adhere to their offers a self-sup-porting emigration society will be formed. Mr. Taylor, American Consul, cautioned the unemployed that America was not always prosperous, but that hard times were experienced there as elsewhere, and said he was certajft that the American Governmer\t> wo.uld not pay for immigrant§, from/anywhere, when they remembered that 34,000 emigrated to America in April at their own cost.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 3 July 1880, Page 2
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108THE CHRISTCHURCH UNEMPLOYED. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 3 July 1880, Page 2
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