MORE DISMISSALS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 173, 15 March 1932, Page 4

MORE DISMISSALS

FURTHER FIFTY MEN DISCHARGED AT BLUFFS DRASTIC REDUCTIONS An additional 50 men employed fi contract work at the Te Teko-Gali tea Bluff s, were put off yesterday,? continuation of the Public Works Df partment's policy of staff retreiict ment. The number of men emploj ed on this road construction "WtS has now heen redueed from appro? mately 80 to 40. The men are befoi discharged as their contracts ter.rit ate, and it is anticipated that ano® 20 will finish up this week. Un^ ordinary circumstances the majorfe of these men would, probably hai been transferrad to other works, ^ under the drastic retrenchmeii) which are being undertaken by ti? Department, this will not now i possible. ... The number of men employed !! Public Works undertakings in ti? Rotorua district, has been sweepingl curtailed during the last few monti and it is estimated that approximate 300 have heen put off the payi'Pl One hundred and seventy men haP to date been discharged from ti various sections of the department activities at Galatea, while a furthe 60 have been discharged at Ngakurf In additioh to these reductions, abo? 90 men have been discharged fi'P? cther smaller undertakings arotP' the district. At present there are still approl mately 150 men engaged at Galatea but this number will probably ? still further redueed. , So far tbe only reductions wbic have been made locally are ampmi the works gangs.