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UNEMPLOYED AND HALF-TIME ENGINEERS According to the secretary of the Auckland Engineers’ Union there are 180 members of the union.out of work. In addition some engineering shops are working half-time, their hands being empl n yed in alternate weeks. Over 100 men are affected by this scheme, and their wages average £2. 9s fid. The secretary declared that in the last few months there had been considerable dumping of farm machinery in New Zealand He also complained that the Public , Works Department had gone to America for top-dressing machinery which could have been manufactured in the dominior and at a lower price.— Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 20556, 7 August 1930, Page 11
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