GOVERNMENT AND WORKERS.
j "WOR!v I'Oli. UXOI PLOYED. ji U ( EO3I OcE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) AYELLIXGTOX. July 7. : To-day. while members of the Opposition and Labour Members were de.j claiming in the House that the. Coil vernn;cnt- fund stands for monopoly y and oppression, (.lie Minister for Pubj lie "Works was considering ways and I means for the relief of distress owing to unemployment. Right through the winter tho Minister has done a great deal to provide, for those in need of work by iinding -employment for th?m on various Government, works. Mr Eraser has authorised the expenditure of between £3OO and £4OO~ o;t the painting of Government property in Wellington to relieve the unemplc-y----n.ent in the paintig trade. He also authorised a considerable expenditure on the painting of public buildings in Auckland. and in Dunodin lie had found -employment for some 80 labourjj ei's. 30 of tuiem married men.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15393, 9 July 1914, Page 2
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149GOVERNMENT AND WORKERS. Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15393, 9 July 1914, Page 2
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