The Unenmloyed.
TO TH$ EDITOB. i Sib,— The person »ho complahs o£ the; small rate of wnge» paid to the unemployed U right. la other boroughs than ChmtcUurch the rate of pay is 5s per day; !i<?FB ?t' i? but 33 6d. You Bay that the fine weather comiilg TT v « n ah!o £em to gfl up-country and obtain work. You must remember that all men are not fit for I sbou'dering a swag. There are, among the j unemployed, nieQhf>inc3 of. various trades I who should by righta be working at [ thai* benches and in the foundries. You discovered ata) thab there are four or five unemployed working with the Council workmen, who. are paid at the rate of 6a per day, although the unemployed get but their 3b 6d for doing the same work, viz., improving the Church property northwards, while the city surveyor gets .3b 6d per hour. Wnat is the Mayor doing that he allows such injustice to be done to up, the unfortunates who are f creed by tbe miserable state of things to accept such starvation' pay ?— I am, &c, SYMPATHETIC.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5094, 13 September 1894, Page 2
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187The Unenmloyed. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5094, 13 September 1894, Page 2
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