MEN WANT WORK.
AN M.P’s. REPRESENTATIONS. By Telegraph—Press Association. WESTPORT, January 11. To-day Mr H. E. Holland M.P., communicated with the Alin is ter of Public Works and the Minister of Marine. stating that there are more than fiitv unemployed men in the town of Westport, and .that a substantial, majority of these are married and have families depdondent on them. Mr Holland: urged that i\n oder to provide employment the construction of harbour Walls, promised by tho Minister of Marine be put in hand at once, and that the remainder of the unemployed be found work on the Gorge railway, on which only a. handful of mom are now- working, and on the Coast road, the construction of wdiiell is at, a standstill. The figures relating to unemploys merit w r crc given to Mr Ho'lnnd by Mr Fairhall, of the Labour Department.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 12 January 1927, Page 11
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144MEN WANT WORK. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 12 January 1927, Page 11
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