CONDITIONS OF TUNNEL.
RATE OF PAY. By Telegraph—Pres* Association. WELLINGTON, May 10. A statement of the conditions of the work being encountered in the driving of the Kotemaori tunnel on the Wairoa-Gisborne railway, was made to-day by Mr Cook, secretary of the New Zealand Workers’ Union, in repudiation of what he describes as a grossly unfair and misleading report recently regarding the rates of pay on the job. According to Mr Cook, the conditions in the tunnel, owing to wet and the nature, of the country, are peculiarly bad, and the men are asking for only a fair thing. In response to an inquiry to-day the Minister of Public Works said that the inspecting engineer of the Department was at present in the Napier district looking into the statements made in regard to the tunnel, and pending receipt of the report, he had no statement to make.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18262, 11 May 1929, Page 7
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147CONDITIONS OF TUNNEL. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18262, 11 May 1929, Page 7
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