RELIEF CAMP STRIKE
MEN REFUSE OFFER [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION] INVERCARGILL, Wednesday The strike of- relief workers at tha Kapura camp has not yet been settled. The Mayor, Mr. J. Miller, and Messrs. W. M. C. Denhara and T. O'Byrne met the 26 men affected on two occasions to-day. „ After representations hacl been mada to the assistant Public Works Department engineer, the terms of settlement offered to the men were that seven men were not to be allowed to return to work and that the remainder could resume on Monday. Until then they would be accommodated at the camp, but their meals would be charged against them, ihey would also have to find their own means of transport to the camp. The terms were not. accepted this evening and, so that the men with no homes and no money should have shelter and food, representations were made to the secretary of the Hospital Board, who agreed to accommodate them at various boarding-houses until to-morrow morning.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21494, 18 May 1933, Page 8
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