MEN FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
STILL A GREAT SHORTAGE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Dec. 28. Some people expected that the sign, ing of tho armistice would give an immediate fillip to public works in New Zealand. Sir William Fraser said this morning that tho armistice had not- yet brought any new labor to his Department, which was still 2000 men short of the normal need for public works. He did not. expect that the position could be much improved at present by the release of men from camp,, because he expected that nearly all of these hands would be absorbed in town occupations and farming work. The soldiers Who would return to New Zealand during the next three months would fee mainly clearances from hospitals, and tety few, if any, would be.able to take up hard manual work. The embarkation of fir men woWd not hesin till, the terms of peace Were fettled. SifWillutfe remn.rked that he did not expect that milch extra labor would be obtainable before t>e end of April or the beginning of May Meanwhile, the rate of expenditure or, public works was necessarily limited by the amount of labor available.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1918, Page 4
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193MEN FOR PUBLIC WORKS. Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1918, Page 4
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