OTIRA TUNNEL.
(Per, -Press A_tocjtiti6n.) • WMjLINGTQX, last night. "A deputation representing the workers at Ofclra waited v on'.>lr Fi-aser (Min-is-tor for Public Worksf to-day to ask whether work -at the • tiuine! is to l>e closed down. • Speakers said the ; indications pointed to a stoppage o!f work, and the men, as well as business people, were naturally •anxious. .'-.,.,. ■■....* 'The Minister said he did not want to stop work altogether at the tunnel; but he mnpt accept the advice of his experts and be guided by them. It wan absolutely necessary that" -there should be general economy Jn the expenditure on public works. He had only certain money available, which must- last .-him at the ve'ryi least until probably March, 1917. There was no .intention of stopping work entirely/ at Otira, and, before any large number "df' ! - men ' Aver© dismissed, there would, be a general ijitb mation' that itP-iw-aa goliig; to be ■.done;' They i'wbuld know 'in \he> next, moMtSv ov .?;(£: It wafj exceedingly Jikely! that the number of men would liave to be redticedi " "•; ■ - -■ : " ;"-~ : ',',:'■ ' ] . '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13931, 2 March 1916, Page 9
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173OTIRA TUNNEL. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13931, 2 March 1916, Page 9
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