MEN FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
CONCESSIONS IX FARES.
Some consternation was; caused in Labour ranks recently when the Railway Department intimated its intention of withdrawing the concession of 25 per cent, allowed on the fares of men sent to public works by the Labour Department. This meant that the men had to pay full fare or that the Labour Department had to find it for them. The difficulty, however, was not very long lived and now (says a Wellington paper) men sent to employment are again able to travel at the reduced rate. It has been overcome by the Labour Department taking upon itself the responsibility of making the concession. The Railway Department receives its full fare in each case, but 25 per cent, of it is paid by the Labour Department.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15056, 27 July 1912, Page 8
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