THE CLIFTON CONTRACT CLIQUE.

NZ Truth, Issue 100, 18 May 1907, Page 6

THE CLIFTON CONTRACT CLIQUE.

If the laborer is worthy of his hira he fully expects that his. screw be paid regularly, especially if he has a family to keep going. When an employer can't pay up promptly the ifrconvenienoe has'to be stood,* but there is no reason why monied men, or men who are reputed, to have money, . shouldn't pay up when the cash Is due. There havefreen complaints made lately m connection with work that has been prooooding at Clifton, whioh is located on the Sumner road, on the top of the cliff, where the recent big slip occurred. The land there has been subdivided into sections, and a contract is m progress forming and metalline; the roads. The price for the whole show is £16 i OO, and one Ttisley is the contractor. T. E. Taylor, whose name lias appeared m this family paper before, is interested m that land, and. is at present advertising sections for sale m the daily papers. Well, it is alleged that the wages of the men 'have teen paid most irregularly,' and those concerned have been, grumbling about it. Up to the time of writing,, only one full pay day has been known on the works. The enmtractor seems tobe merely an employee himself, because he sends the men . to Tommy Taylor for payment ; '"Go to him, he's my pay boss," he says. And what does Tommy do ? It /is alleged that he bluffs them and tells them to wait until the job is finished. And when is it going to he finished, anyhow ? !t has been m progress for many months now., and our informant was owed £12 at time of writing, while a mate had as much f.s £20 owing to him. Seeing that tlv: fijrnj of Bowron 'Bros, are concerned m the speculation, nnr! vhat ftheFon. G. J. Smith, a ' member of that firm, sometimes signs the cheques, it is evident that men with splosh are running the show and tlmt ihvy can well afford to part up to their metalling slaves every Saturday. Oontractor Risley shouM have seen that things were altered long ago...