ANTI-NAZI INTERNEES
WOR/ON MAINLAND WANTED
A /aquest from internees that they should be released for work on the mainland was read at a recent meeting of the council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. "It is an attempt to get back to civilian life," commented Mr. C. D, A. George, when the letter, signed by "Odo Strewe, speaker of the antiNazi group of German and Austrian internees," was read. The letter stated that every avenue of work on the island had been exhausted; the internees were costing the country £50 a day; but if they could be engaged on work on the mainland they could milk cows, feed chickens, destroy deer, fell trees, or build houses. Mr. M. G. C. McCaul said that the labour of prisoners of war was used in Australia, mainly as farm labour. Wages, fixed by the authorities, were paid to the authorities, the workers being allowed pocket money. It was decided to send a reply that inquiries had been made and the council was not disposed to take any action.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 7, 9 July 1945, Page 6
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