THE UNEMPLOYED IN CANTERBURY.
[BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
CiißisTOiiuiU'ir, Last Night. Seventy-two men applied at Addington woikshops to-day for work, but from the scarcity of tools, onty twenty-seven ivrre employed. Six of these were put on ,stone- breaking at half-a-crown a .cubic yard, and thp remainder at digging ditches at 4s 6d a-day. The other applicants will get woik on applying tomorrow.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1745, 11 September 1883, Page 2
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62THE UNEMPLOYED IN CANTERBURY. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1745, 11 September 1883, Page 2
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