DISCHARGE OF WORKMEN.
(By tkikohaph—Press Association.) Wellington, This Day. In an interview with a reporter and some settlors of Mnngaweka and Taihape as to the dismissal of men on railway works, the Premier said it had never been contemplated by him that ‘ sacking ’ should have been carried on in such a wholesale »n 1 indiscriminate manner. The fact was that for some lime past tho -Departmental officers had' been taking practically allcomers on to the works, with, the result that it was found that 1 the .£160,000 authorised by Parliament for Trunk Railway works has been expended, and £20,000 more. That bung so it had been 'bund necessary to pul the break on. Toe position now was that no more ‘ racking ’ would take place, and wj»re it wan shown injustice had been hj dieted men would be reinstated., flu- Pariiamentaiy voteami£p,ot)ooxt."iihavingfcei n expended,it was his intention to spend jSvO.OOO extra, making the amount to be spent upon the. work £200,000 for the year, : instead of £'60.000 as sanctioned by Parliament.
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Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1135, 30 December 1901, Page 2
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170DISCHARGE OF WORKMEN. Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1135, 30 December 1901, Page 2
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