PRISON LABOUR.
EMPLOYMENT ON ROADS PROPOSED. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) , (Australian Press Association.) Received 11.5 a.m. to-day. SYDNEY, Feb. 22, The Minister of Justice, the Hon. J. R . Lee is considering a scheme for the establishment of prison camps for carrying out road work in the State by utilising prison labour. It is thought by this means to relieve the distress of prisoners’ families who have been left penniless and have become a burden on the State.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 February 1929, Page 5
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79PRISON LABOUR. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 February 1929, Page 5
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