SPOONER'S RANGE
THE OFFICIAL ATTITUDE
1 (Special to the "Evening Post.")
' '•' :. NELSON, July 10. I The Commissioner of State Forests (the Hon. E. A. Ransom); has replied to Mr. H. Atmore/ M.P., and Mr. W. J.. Moffatt (Mayor of Nelson), who submitted a report on the Spooner's'Range Forestry Camps. The report had recommended a number of improvements and that the men be paid for the fpur and a half days' work lost through their protest/ march' to Nelson, as it was considered it he demonstration was justified. The Commissioner stated that the recommendation regarding the pay for the four and a half days could not be adopted, as the men left the camp on their own initiative. After dealing with other-recommendations1, the Commissioner stated: "In conclusion, I have to state that the camp conditions are quite satisfactory, and orders have been given that any man refusing to work is to be dismissed."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 9, 11 July 1933, Page 9
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152SPOONER'S RANGE Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 9, 11 July 1933, Page 9
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