RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT
SUGGESTIONS IN WELLINGTON. PROPOSALS TO BE CONSIDERED. (By Telegraph—Press . Association.) WELLINGTON, May 17. The erection of the building to house the Government departments now occupying private premises in Wellington. the completion of the remaining half of Parliament Buildings, and the’ demolition of the Mount Cook barracks in readiness for the new museum and art gallery were suggested as possible schemes for providing work for the unemployed by a deputation headed bv local members of Parliament, which, waited on the deputy-leader of the Government .Vfd the -Minister of Public Works yesterday. Mr Forbes, in reply, stated that there were 679 men registered in Wellington, and arrangements were being made to place 390 of them. He promised to arrange a conference with district local bodies, and to endeavour to arrange a comprehensive scheme for meeting the situation.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 17 May 1930, Page 9
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