ACCOMMODATION FOR SHEARERS.
DEPUTATION TO MINISTER OF LABOUR,
(United Press Association.)
WELLINGTON. Thi* IX%* A deputation from the Agricultural and Pastoral vVorkers Union waited on the acting Minister for Labour regarding accommodation for shearers and. "others at many country stations. The deputati6n described tne conditions as disgraceful- Mr erHrieS replied that according to the reports received improvements had been effected in sheds which had' been the subject of complaitns previously. He assured the deputation that the Labour Department was really anxious to car-i ry out tiie law as it stood. He believed the Department had endeavoured to compel employers to observe the law. All the station? mentioned would "be inspected, and. if possible improvements made. Ariv proposals for the amendment of the" Act would be submitted to Mr Massey with a view to action.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 117, 22 May 1918, Page 6
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134ACCOMMODATION FOR SHEARERS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 117, 22 May 1918, Page 6
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