i There were 47G1 men employed by the Government on co operative works during July. Nwrlv half, 2212. were engaged on rail"ways, 2072 were working on roads, and 377 were employed in connection with public buildings. 1 On Tuesday mining, s;iys the jrimaru Herald, a scene without parallel in the history of meetings in the municipal chambers occurred when the spicial committee was sitting with a view to providing work for tin unemployed. The,men seeking employment we're located in the committee-room, when suddenly, wi houta»y warning, two of them in the language of this nursery rhyme, " began to qiurrol and then .to fight." The Mayor had them ejected, and their chances of getting work through the Bsrough Council arc nil.
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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 23 September 1913, Page 3
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