THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.
A Vindication.
[Per Pbesb Abbooiation.J
' GREYMOTJTH, August 24. In consequence of certain remarks in the morning paper regarding the crowded state of the labour market, and the number of unemployed on the line, Mr Penfold, of Messrs M'Keone, Robinson, and Avigdor, interviewed the editor to satisfy him that the Company have not interfered with the rate of wages, either directly or indirectly, and that, as for the overcrowding of men on the line, they have done all in their power to prevent men coming hero when there was no work for them, and had sect information through the Press that SOO men were employed on the line, and that at present there was not room for any more, nor would there be until fresh contracts were let. Besides, all their calculations, he said, are based upon the rate of current wages in the Colony, and they have no desire to see them lowered.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6015, 25 August 1887, Page 3
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156THE MIDLAND RAILWAY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6015, 25 August 1887, Page 3
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