A story was told to a reporter on Monday of work being done in a North Island district by the Public Works Department, as relief for unemployment, which, if true, suggests that money is being squandered in that direction (states the New Plymouth Herald). The representative of a big firm of contractors happened along to the locality, and seeing men removing spoil with shovels and wheelbarrows asked how much per yard the job was costing. On being told about 10s he made the offer to take a contract for the work at 2s 6d per yard and said the department could pay the other men 7s 6d to sit on the bank and watch them do the job.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 283, 11 April 1929, Page 5
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