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WAIOURU CAMP WORKERS MR SEMPLE INVESTIGATES (By Telegraph.—Press Association) TAIHAPE, Wednesday The Minister for Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, visited Taihape in connection with the statements made recently concerning an alleged dispute with the workmen responsible for building the Waiouru military camp, it being stated they had refused to work with the engineering corps. The Minister definitely denied there had been any dispute, and said that to slander these men who had worked well, working as many as eleven hours a day, was unfair. He pointed out that the camp was built in a month —a record, considering there was no material on the job when the undertaking was commenced. Mr Semple visited the camp this morning. *
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20987, 14 December 1939, Page 11
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120BASELESS RUMOUR Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20987, 14 December 1939, Page 11
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