CORRESPONDENCE.
A WARNING TO GISBORNE WORKERS. [TO SHE EDITOR.: Sir, —A few months ago, when the Council was considering the contract system for the sewerage works, out of regard for men already employed on the works, it was deemed advisable to continue with as much of the work as possible under the existing circumstances. What carried most weight was that many laborers would not be thrown out of employment. To show its gratitude, the “Laborers’ Union” sent in a collection of most impossible demands. The Council, alive to the private individual’s claim, refused to act, but advised the Union to take its case to the “Conciliatory Committee.” Now we have a mass indignation meeting. What for? To press the Council into taking one of the most imprudent steps it is possible for a municipal body to take? People who resent wholesome treatment usually bring on themselves serious disorders. The naturalised laborer would do well not to get himself mixed up in the broils of detractors from foreign pprts.—l am, “DEMOCRITUS.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3283, 31 July 1911, Page 2
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170CORRESPONDENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3283, 31 July 1911, Page 2
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