THE UNEMPLOYED.
SYDNEY, March 14. The Government will shortly appoint a Board to deal with the tin- j employed. .71 is proposed to separate ' three elapses, viz., skilled artisans,' aged artisans and old persona unable ' to work, and habitual loafers. Ef-j forts will be made to secure the employment oJ! the ftrst-elass at their j own trades. The second-class will be ■ employed on the butty gang priu-; eiple, with 7s per day as the wage! basis; while tiny surplus will be accommodated on a State farm. Loafers will be sent to a penal farm and \
compelled to work for a living-.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 63, 15 March 1900, Page 9
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