THE UNEMPLOYED.
Per Press Association. 1 CHRISTOHURGHi June 14.1 j The City Council discussed the unemployed trouble to-night and,resolved to start relief works for the most necessitous cases of married men, provided, permission can be obtained from the j | Union secretary .to pay incompetent men less than the minimum wage. It I was also decided to telegraph to the Premier, stating that the Council proposed to start work for the relief jqf I the unemployed, provided the Council ! was indemnified against breaches of the award. ; AUCKLAND, June 14.' A meeting of unemployed -painters was attended by forty men. The chairman stated that eighty men Were out of work, and many*, were in a state of semi-starvation. It was resolved that a" deputation should interview the Mayor, urging more rapid prosecution of municipal works.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7822, 15 June 1909, Page 1
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