GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT.
TO THE EDITOR.
Sir,— On reading Saturday's issue of the "Star" I noticed these lines: "Eight hours' work, eight hours' play, eight hours sleep, eight bob a day." Abo, on turning ovei a London "Tit-Bits' 1 of September, 1900, I read : " New Zealand, the paradise for the working maa. That the Government of New Zealand would give *o_a» able and willing employment at eight shillings a day." Is there any authority for those remarks? If there is, I ask, Why did the Government vote against Mr EUb motion in committee on. the Public Contracts Bill (see " Haosord," No. 9, Page 79) "and the rate of wages shall not be less than seven shillings per day, exclusive of oTOrtta »r-I am, .*., h iMfflgMM ,
Christchurcb, May 1
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7087, 1 May 1901, Page 2
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