DUNEDIN DISMISSALS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 159, 7 June 1937, Page 2

DUNEDIN DISMISSALS

LA BO UP MEMBER’S PROTEST. EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY. Per Press Association. June 5. The cause, of mr employees tn ihe City Corporation oeing uioiinsstd < from Winks a.iu wauer uneius was uireuciy au.r;buied tins moiii.ng uy * - o. n . itiunro, M. 8., to lue ueieul o. Lue iiOo,uuo lOiut proposal at u.e recent poll. . • “\V iill the assistance of vicious new..p„por piopugamia and misleauing statements lrom me raicpuyeis eomlni Lice, ihe ratepayers oeuberaieiy voted ago-,list the lUuii so mat me council uuuid not be able to assist tue Government ill finding work tor the unemployed lulling tne wuuer," said lUr iviuiiio. “liie adoption of tlie proposal wouitl not only nave enabled tlie eouncil to retain tne service or the men dismissed but probably woulu Pave permitted tne employment ol another hundred men.”

'lhe Town Clerk stated that the men paid off were not strictly permanent employees but were really auditions to tne staff. Those engaged by tlie water department were suosidiseu workers. ••'The main grievance expressed by the dismissed men is that they have to stand down lor two weeKs betore being eligible, lor sustenance,” added the clerk. “Efforts Have been made to inuuce the Government to waive this regulation, but this would involve its waiver throughout New Zealand, Hon. F. Jones nad pointed that out.”