TIMBER INDUSTRY
HARDSHIPS TO WORKERS
(By, Telegraph.— Fees* Association.)
... TAUMARUNTJI, This Day. Af;;,,Mahunui yesterday a deputation ■waited on the Minister of Public Works in regard to the depression iv the timber industry, seeking his support in the movement against foreign importations. . The deputation stated that it was -five months since the mill at'Manunui had worked full time. The married men .were working five days per week, and.were finding it hard to live on £3 15s.*" .:...".
Mr." E. d.- Smith, M.P., said that recently-, four mills had closed within seven-miles radius, and 45 employees and *$8 children were affected. The industrjr was doomed unless American importations were stopped: The Minister expressed his sympathy with^he workers, and'said that where posSWe the money should be spent in the ftymtiy.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 116, 19 May 1927, Page 12
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126TIMBER INDUSTRY Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 116, 19 May 1927, Page 12
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