Retrenchment on the Rail ways.
WEJJSGTOTT, Satatd^l ; The Post to-night says that the whs^| > the railway locomotive workshops taca^| 1 out the colony are to be pus upon if»^^| a week from Monday next, Saturday an off-day. This iswitha vievefea^H ing expenditure on account of the iob^^H • city of the revenue, owing to the f£^^| in the grain traffic. AH the railway workshops in taVa^^H not merely the locomotive vorhsaj^^H to be placed upon a five days' wacj2^^H > Nearly a thousand men will bia^^^l The reduction will be at the nteifi^^^| ! of the wages paid at present, aadli^^^H is computed at £1000 per montfc.l a^^^H i The practical effects of the cnaHJ^^^H i railway department will be a mai^^^H i four thousand pounds in the adaai^^^^H expenses.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6987, 28 May 1894, Page 2
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127Retrenchment on the Rail ways. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6987, 28 May 1894, Page 2
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