PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION.
P "OTEBT FROM tUSOHABQBD HtH. ru nus Assoounor. Auckland, February 7. A large number of workmen dia-' charged from tbe 00-operative railway works at Oagarue, met outeile tbe Labour Bureau th's morning to pro* test agrfnst their dismissal. They aU leged a practice of dissHftr.'tng mutibd men with Urge families dependent upon them, acd the leaving «f s : ngle men on.
Mr Yiokermeo, Distriot Knginw, in replying, said the men who htd b«en discharged were treated with f*iroe». There wss not a prepoodtranoe of single over married men on the railway works, and the men's statement that there were 70 single men left was not oorrect, as tbere were not more thro 20. Theee latter were engaged on mechanical work, whioh he beli«v<4 the discharged men were not capable of doing.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 33, 8 February 1902, Page 2
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134PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 33, 8 February 1902, Page 2
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