CO-OPERATIVE WORKS.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 159, 6 July 1921, Page 6

CO-OPERATIVE WORKS.

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TOTAJj OF STO4 I'OV. MAY

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A total of 370-1 men r,-r « :nnUij«4oA co"operatire works to l'ic !>omlmon this Islands en important railway ™«sf' 1380} roads, 920} and hydro-e.-r-rtne T/erks, 440) while the balance was «istrihmted through tlie South Island; «.2B en railway works, 335 on roads, r.rA l>l on hydro-electrio works. Hio 1580 on railway works !a this kland wcro dletnbuted na followe:—Kailm Valley, 3/ : Whangarel-North Auckland, 88 J .Auckland Mtun Trunk, Ngapuhi northwurdH, 03: Waiotira Hocjtion, 235; Kanganui • northwards, 141; V, aij&u branch, 33; Huntly-Awaroa, 60; Vl«kokowai, 4; East Coast Main Trunk-Waihi-Tauranga, 59; Maunganui-lane-atua, 354; sur\-ey, 4; Napier-Gisborne, Gisborne-Wairoa, 76; Na.pier-A\airoa, 07; WaUcokopu branch, 175: Opunake branch, 40; Stratford Main Trunk, east end, 62, west end 54. To-morrow 25 men -will be sent forward by the Government Labour Bureau to relief work at Mangamuka, in the Hokianga district, making a total of 50 engaged for this source- They will leave Onehunga by boat at one p.*n. In the meantime no more relief work is ottering, the demand having been mot, land until ■■'"ord of a further extension comes to 1 id, which is expected daily, the Uurear vill have to rely on private sources for occasionally placing :i few men. Two were placed privately on Monday and one yesterday. Fresh applications for work are only coming forward in small numbers from labouring men, several of wliom arc seeking light work.