THE OPUNAKE RAILWAY.
MINISTER ON LINE'S PROGRESS. , LABOR OUTLOOK IMPROVED. The work on the Te Roti-Opunake railway was referred to by the Hon. J. G. Coates (Minister of Public Works) in a brief interview with a Daily News reporter last night. Mr. Coates said the Department was pushing the line forward to Manaia as fast as they could possibly go, and were speeding up the work on the two bridges. The shortage of cement was one of the difficulties which confronted them, but the Minister was pleased to say there were fairly good supplies to go on with. In regard to the shortage of labor generally, Mr. Coates said that the Department was securing additional men by immigration, but had not adopted any immigration policy of its own. For the first time in several years they were able to pick and choose their men, and as showing what could be done by good men he stated that one party on contract work had earned £2 8s a day each, and yet had done the work £6 cheaper than men earning 17s a day. That showed, added_the Minister, the difference between some of the men they had on public works.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 January 1921, Page 4
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199THE OPUNAKE RAILWAY. Taranaki Daily News, 8 January 1921, Page 4
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