RETRENCHMENT.
HOW THE X6O GRAB IS TO BE * MADE UP. By Telegraph —Press Association. Auckland, last night. The North Island Main Trunk Railway League Commissioners wire stating that strong rumors are afloat that a large number of men ar* to he discharged from tha works. DENIAL BY MR HALL-JONES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, last night. Tha correspondent of the Lyttelton Times at Cheviot, who saw the Hon. Haii-Jones with reference to the statement from Auckland that it is rumored a large number of men will be discharged from the North Island Trunk Line, telegraphs that there is no foundation for tho rumor. Men who have finished contracts will be dispensed with until others are arranged, and as many men are wanted for shearing, work is only being pushed on in sections which can bo opened shortly. Severe! men have been discharged on account of trafficking in liquor.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 268, 21 November 1901, Page 3
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147RETRENCHMENT. Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 268, 21 November 1901, Page 3
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