The Hamiltou Borough Council has decided to stop the employment of the majority of relief workers in the town and from to-day only 50 of the 220 registered men in the borough will be given work. Tho remainder will be required to shift for themselves or seek sustenance rates, which are 3s a week less than those paid to relief workers. Waihi support of the principle that reciprocity could not come unless ade* quate purchasing power were given the people was emphasised by the Mayor (Mr. W. M. Wallnutt) at an enthusiastic civic welcome on Monday to the Minister of Health and Education (Hon. P. Eraser), tho first Minister of the new Government to visit the town. The Waihi Borough Council, suid the Mayor, had not made any wages on salaries cuts, and was, he believed, the second local authority in New Zealand to adopt the five-day week.
Of 3622 motor-cais stolen in London last year, 3477 were returned to their owners.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 6, 8 January 1936, Page 6
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