Scarcity of Work.
[United Press Association.] Brunnertok, This Day. There is a serious labour question here. Two hundred and fifty men and boys employed at the mines hare had only two days work for a fortnight. There is much destitution, and owing to the geographical position of the place there is no outlet for tho men or work in the Grey Valley, where every situation is full. The Mayor is in communication with the Premier and our representative, Mr Guinness, urging that the extension of the Midland Railway should be begun from Jackson's. There is a suspicion that tho Government is not enforcing the full coal con ti act requirements with the Grey Valley Company, which are 20,000 tons for the year. Men who can scrape together enough for their passage elsewhere aro leaving by every
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIX, Issue 190, 13 August 1895, Page 3
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