PUBLIC WORK

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21940, 14 November 1936, Page 14

PUBLIC WORK

18,735 MEN EMPLOYED AVERAGE EARNINqrMg 19/7 A DAY ' ; w|| 1336.000 SPENT ON J EQUIPMENT ,Mf *>n (mu AMOcunox nrtwtsj ''- v 1 V'Uf WELLINGTON, There are at present 18 employed on public works Dominion. During the last.jM||| the average earnings for land amounted to 19s 7d a : eluding tradesmen and ttawJMj,. ■ as against the minimum of provided for in the agreeiii|^|Hßg)i,., tween the Government and HlkSip - Zealand Workers’ Union, Labour Government assumed £336,000 has been expended %|Ei taining up-to-date equipment These statements were mattej£ the Minister for Public Worla| V Hon. R. Semple), who 'PT|g?pJp. complete satisfaction with the ner in which men on the works of the Dominion, wees Mif > tiing down to the job. He had faced with many difficulties, least of which were that came into office the public the Dominion were on a relief isgM||~ and that the gear was of date. Men engaged ott works were grouped under lowing main headings;— wSTHallways .. • - Mfe Hydro-electric works Jgf Main highways .. SjjlT'j#Roads •• sMS'lms Land improvement .. Small farms sdfflne Wf VV* " Irrigation works ..fH L, il. Aerodromes • - "TKa, Buildings -• '“4k,!.Miscellaneous . - IMS The following is a return of tjA jobs on which more than IMWKKm are employed in the South IdMfIMK;!Nelson District «r. s|South Island Main Trank Wrailway (inclusive of men on the section m the r *! Christchurch district) .. .JK Blenheim aerodrome .. dfßßr Greymouth District Westport-Inangahua railway Main South road -. . - lot Christchurch District , Summit highway • - • - ME Lewis Pass road •. _- - gja* Ashburton-Lyndhurst irriga- ■ T?"* tion scheme •• ■ WS&i Levels irrigation scheme . - Ashley river control scheme NjPy itanirfiii' District Mißon-Balciutha highwipr im; j... provementS' • • m Haast Pass road •• -• «p.‘ '• Invercargfc Dfetrict , "fa Te Anau to Milford Sound road swf Hydro-elcetrie Schemes Wr?" Arapuni (inclusive of main- *||K tenance) - - • • * Ms»l.