Necessaries of Life
LABOUR MEMBERS WILL CO-OPER-ATE WITH GOVERNMENT. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 23. A statement on the employment situation was issued to-day by Messrs Chapman, McKecn, Nash, and Semple, Labour M.P.’s. They assert that all willing to work should have food, fuel, clothing and shelter while they are available, that vandalism cannot be too strongly condemned, that shopkeepers who have had their windows damaged should be reimbursed the cost of replacement, and that the Government should every week pay to willing relief workers sufficient to purchase food, fuel and clothing, to keep them in their homes. They promise that the Labour members will undortake to co-operate with the. Government in measures to provide adequate food, fuel, clothing a,nd shelter for the unemployed.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6866, 24 May 1932, Page 7
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124Necessaries of Life Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6866, 24 May 1932, Page 7
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