PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION.
EXTENSIVE RKTIIENOHMENT3. FES PRESi AB3OOUTIOH. Auckland, November 28. A telegram has been smt to (he Minister of Public Works by Mr Napier that 80 are cow in Aucklmd who have been discharged from the Main Trunk Construction Works thai 200 more men were to be similarly discharged last night, and that 500 mora mea wil follow them th ; s we*k. Strong protests are being made to the Government, | Gisbobnk, November 28. The number of men on the looil railway works hss been reduced this week, and a strong public protest is being framed. Later. ( A strike on the Gitbaroe-Karaka railway line occurred to-day. A ging of fifteen men, whose wsges for the month averag'd ?s 5d per working-day on co-op n'ive contrad work, rcfus itl to acoept ihe 6um, Th y cay that for like work in othtr places, and with shor ec h>urp, tha pay is higher. They complain than they have to remain idle while the engine is bsiog used for oth'T purposes.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 281, 29 November 1901, Page 2
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168PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 281, 29 November 1901, Page 2
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