CAMP WORK REFUSED
TANTAMOUNT TO “MORAL DIVORCE.” By Telegraph—Press Association NEW PLYMOUTH, March 26. Of twenty C class relief workers at New Plymouth notified to report for relief road work at Urenui to-day only one reported. The remainder have been struck off the register. The men were to have occupied a camp, but objected on the grounds chiefly that the wages were insufficient and that separation from their families was tantamount to “moral divorce.” It is calculated that the men could have earned £3 a week for six weeks and would then have to stand down for six weeks. By refusing work the men have rendered ihemselves ineligible for aid from the Hospital Board. They are calling a public protest meeting.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19758, 27 March 1934, Page 8
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121CAMP WORK REFUSED Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19758, 27 March 1934, Page 8
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