WORK FOR 500 MEN.
WEIXINGTON LOCAL BODIES.
(By Telegraph.—rress Association.)
WELLINGTON. Wednesday.
The acting-Minister of Labour, the Hon. P. C. Webb, to-day convened a conference of representatives of local bodies in Wellington city and district to discuss the absorption of 500 men for four months at full-time employment.
On behalf of the Government the Minister promised to subsidise the men'e wages up to £4 weekly. He asked local bodies to co-operate in finding work of national and local importance.
This the delegates promised to do and they are to submit a schedule of work for the Minister's approval.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 160, 8 July 1937, Page 18
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