AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (Per Rotomahana). UNEMPLOYED IN MELBOURNE.
A demonstration of the unemployed was held last Wednesday near the Parliament Reserve. About 150 men assembled, and several speeches were made leferrincr to the cotniugf winter and the prospect of hard times, and the necessity for the Government providing employment. The proceedings were orderly, though the remarks of tbe more extreme speakers were warmly applauded. Ultimately, the men marched in a body to the Treasury Buildings, when a deputation of five sought an interview with Mr Deakin, who refused to see them till after the .election day. They subsequently waited on Mr Nimmo, and asked him to save them from complete destitution. Mr Nimmo, in feyly, stated that he would wiite to several firms and see the men again on Monday and communicate the result.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 357, 6 April 1889, Page 6
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133AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (Per Rotomahana). UNEMPLOYED IN MELBOURNE. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 357, 6 April 1889, Page 6
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