PUBLIC WORKS MEN.
NO REDUCTION EXPECTED. SURVEY BY MR. SEMPLE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. No reduction in the number of men employed on public works in expected by the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Sample, in the current financial year. According to the latest official figure*, those for February, employees of the Public Works Depart' merit totalled 22,285. "AH the works now in hand will be carried through to completion," said Mr. Hemple, "and as the jobs 'peter out,' the men will he transferred to other important works. There is no need to look ahead for the placing of the men, because present undertakings would provide plenty of employment. "If I agreed to carry out all the works suggested to me throughout New Zealand the Department's activities would be multiplied," added Mr. SVmple. "The demands and requests are proof that the people want the work done. The task is to decide which work should come first."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 99, 29 April 1939, Page 12
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