AVENUES OF WORK

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 135, 10 June 1933, Page 14

AVENUES OF WORK

DEPUTATION TO MINISTER

NEW RAILWAY STATION

A request that the Public Works Department should put in hand certain works, including the new Wellington railway station, was made to the Minister of Public Works (the Hon. J. Bitche'ner) by a deputation from the Wellington Trades and Labour Council; yesterday. The ■ deputation,' which included Messrs. F. Cornwell, secretary of tho council, J. Moulton, secretary of the Carpenters' Union, Thompson, secretary of tho Plumbers' Union, ' and Shannon, secretary of the Painters' Union, was introduced by Mr. P. Fraser, M.P., who stated that the requests to be made had the support of the Labour members of Parliament of the Wellington district. The speakers urged that the Public Works Department should put in hand the renovating of a number of Government buildings which were in urgent ued of repair. This work,1 which should be done at standard rates of pay, would give employment to a-large number of men. It was also suggested that the new Wellington railway station should be proceeded with on the same lines as the National Museum and Art Gallery. Protests were made against the low rate of pay for tradesmen in the Public Works Department. '■■ ■ In reply, the Minister said he was grateful for tho' dear and helpful way in which the deputation had put their proposals. Some of the points raise/1 were new to him, and he would investigate them. The suggestion that new Wellington railway station should be constructed -was ono worthy of consideration. , . ■