WORK FOR RETURNED MEN.
SUBSIDY FOR LOCAL BODY EXPENDITURE. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 19. 9.20 a.m.) SYDNEY. May 19. Tho Premier (Sir George Fuller) acceded to a request by a deputation of suburban mayors and presidents of shire councils that the Government should subsidise by a loan, on a £ for £ basis, a sum of £154,000, which local authorities intimated they were prepared to spend in providing work for returned soldiers. UNEMPLOYED DEMANDS. Demonstrations by unemployed will be held on Friday, when a demand will be made that tho Government* shall pay the living wage, or a subsistence wage, until they find work.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16737, 19 May 1922, Page 6
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