FLOOD DAMAGE.
Possibility of Repair by Relief V/ork. The possibility of relief workers being employed on Banks Peninsula to repair flood-damaged roads was suggested by Mr W. E. Leadley at a meeting of the Christchurch Citizens’ Unemployment Relief Crmmittee this morning. He asked whether flood damage would be repaired by relief work or at ordinary rates of pay. He noticed that Mr F. Langbein, district Public Works engineer, had estimated the damage at £9OOO, ar.d this would mean that a considerable amount of money would be spent on wages. Mr R. T. Bailey, officer in charge of the local Labour Department, said that Mr H. S. S. Kyle. M.P. for Riccarton, had pointed out to the Unemployment Board the necessity for some assistance. The matter was now under discussion. The chairman (Mr W. W. Scarff) said that in any case it wouid be some time before the Government reached a decision, so the matter had better be held over until something definite was , known. There the subject was allowed to rest.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20310, 21 May 1934, Page 7
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