CONDEMNATION OF THE GOVERNMENT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14042, 27 April 1920, Page 2

CONDEMNATION OF THE GOVERNMENT.

(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON". April -27. The executive* of th<-> ronferenre of local bodies on the Mangaftao' efectrir wprfes have espresned dissatisfaction witk the way the work if handled, and urges the Government to improve mat. tevs, The execntive consider the wages too low and that the amount »hotik!"V day. The accommodation* pro- : vMetpfar- tht'- men in, miserable—no-thins out tents with no fireplace* or drying apparatus, thong.fi the weather U frefjnently wet and misty. It is n.seles* to expect, to keep up sufficient l«hor unless the condition* of life for the men - are satisfactory, and the execntive emph»tica,Uy state that thev are- not 90. *™y appeal to the new Minister of Public Works to take matters in kind.