TRADES AND LABOUR.
Nkw York, May 8. The Spanish Government have offered an American syndicate L4OOO per month if they will undertake railway construction work in Cuba to absoib the unemployed on the ibland. Sydney, May 9. The executive of the Pastoralista' Union declare that there is no fear of any serious interference with shearing operations next season. May 13. The Hetton miners have acoepted a reduction of 2d. The Dudley and Ferndaie pits are the only two now idle. Having been interviewed at the Oaraarn Railway Btation on Wednesday by a deputation repjesentiug 70 of the unemployed, tbeMiuUfcer for L&uds siid he was sorry to see so many men out of employment and to he»r of the distf ess in the district;. The Government were, however, doing all they could fcr the unemployed, and he had arranged for some work that would, he hoped, re!i-ve their immediate wants. He had arranged that 14 or 15 of bhem should be Bekc'.ed for the OUgo Central, that the number for Galatea (35 miles north of Rotoraa) would be increased from fiva bo probably 15, and ths road works on the Maerewhenua— Bortju'i estate— would bo pub in hand in 10 day.J, aud all the men wanted for that work would be drawn from the unemployed o£ Oamaru. He tru&ted that that would relieve the p.-e«Bijre, «nd snid tho Government would do ail they cauld for them.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2151, 16 May 1895, Page 19
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