DECLARED ESSENTIAL
’QUAKE-DAMAGE REPAIRS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK (P.A.) WELLINGTON, this clay. To ensure that preference is given to labour for this class of work and to retain the services of those already engaged in it, earthquake repair work has been declared an essential industry. In view of the urgency of earthquake restoration, the. Defence Construction Commissioner, Mr. J. Fletcher, has decided that work may continue during all daylight hours, including Sundays. The rates of pay will be in accordance with the defence works labour suspension order. The Mayor of Wellington, Mr. T. C. Hislop, has written to the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, asking his urgent attention to the necessity of providing labour to carry out essential repairs in the city. Mr. Hislop said that to do the work in a reasonable time required at least 300 men, whereas there are now 100 available.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20836, 15 July 1942, Page 6
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147DECLARED ESSENTIAL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20836, 15 July 1942, Page 6
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