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Longreach Unemployed Plan Aims to Ease Local Hardship
About seventy unemployed men met in the A W U hall to form a committee to contact Longreach Shire Council and the Chamber of Commerce for relief. They proposed using government subsidies to fund footpaths and street improvements and to restore bread delivery to spur local work. The group noted many workers earned little this year and urged ministerial aid.
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Longreach
A.W.U. Hall
Arthur Jones
A.W.A
Oscar Jon
Longreach Shire
Labour Bureau