RETRENCHMENT IN N.S. WALLS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 6 November 1912, Page 5

RETRENCHMENT IN N.S. WALLS

GOVERNMENT SHORT OF MONEY. <J?hess Association.—Coptuiqht.) SYDNEY, Nov. 5. The Government's predicament owing to the shortage of money has produced a further wholesale sacking, 500 employees o* the Water' Board having been, dismissed. The Board, which expended £BO,OOO •during the past four months, has- beeninformed that £75,000 will be available for th e remaining eight months of the year. Possibly another 500 dismissals will, be ne.cessary. The employees at present total two thousand. The secretary of the Water Board Em-' ployees' Union declares that if 1000 men are dismissed it will cause a revolution. K * . Mr McGowan, in the Asserhbly, replying to a question, said he was not aw2re ,that the men were dismissed owing to the strain on the finances. MORE DISMISSALS. (Received 9-50 a.m.) ■ . . ' SYDNEY, This Day. The sacking of the Water Board hands means the stopping of a number of works .and a, serious interference with building ; operations in the outer suhurbs. Owing to slackness of work at Garden Island naval yard 200 mren were dismissed, i . . The curtailment of the Murrum.bidgee irrigation works will involve the displacement of a large number of men.