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v SACKED SERVICE MEN GO TO WORK AS USUAL.
PROTEST AGAINST EMPLOYMENT OF GIRLS. .Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.j . lUnlted Service.! .(Received Feb. 1, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON. Jan. 30. Two hundred' ex-service men dismissed for reasons of economy from the Unemployment branch of the Ministry of Labor, protesting against the continued employment, of girls, walked in at the usual hour, hung ulp their coate and sat at. their desks. waiting for something to turn' up.. The ..officials s»y no action will bo taken ;js the. men will tire of protesting sooner or later, but officials of the Ex-Service Men’s "'Association propose to pay the mien's expenses and provide meals, declaring that seven hundred: girls are being retained. . .
An. cjfticia] of the: Ministry of Labqr states that ’ordered 1 the employment. of girls on. such wort.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16042, 1 February 1923, Page 3
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