UNEMPLOYED CAMP CLOSED
SINGLE MEN GIVE TROUBLE. ( Psr Tre/H Association J . ? TH KUITI, April 10. • * For some time there has been trouble) v with the single men in the small farm s camp at Pururu, eight miles east of y Te Kuiti. The climax was reached at | a mid-day on Wednesday, when the camp j closed down and 120 men were dis- |j ; charged. j v The men demanded that firewood be ; p cut and placed near their tents. They | also complained of the food. Four men (t were discharged for creating trouble, and a stop-work meeting was held on Wednesday morning, when a secret _ ballot was taken. It was decided to j strike until the discharged men were • 1 reinstated. This was refused by the , e Public Works, and acting upon instrue-iP tions from head office in Wellington, | 1 the camp closed down. . r l In the meantime the married men areir stil) carrying on. Most of the strikers came from Wellington. v —= i .
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 85, 11 April 1935, Page 8
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