UNEMPLOYMENT.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19363, 16 July 1928, Page 11

UNEMPLOYMENT.

RUSH OF APPLICANTS FOR RELIEF.

MANY GIFTS RECEIVED

Those in' charge of the various unemployed relief depots throughout the City are working at high pressure, for the applications for relief have been incessant. Inded, at the central depot in Bedford row, there is always a queue waiting from 9.30 a.m., although the depot does not open until the afternoon. So far there have been oiO applicants at the Central Depot while the depots at St. Albans and Sydenham have also' been very busy—in fact, the number of applications is increasing all the time. A new depot is to be opened at Linwood about Wednesday, and a shop ha* been taken at the corner of Armagh street and Stanmore road for this mirpose. Hundreds of people have given donations in cash and in kind, and the following is a list of donors other than those already acknowledged:—26 Anonymous, Mrs Rees. Aunt Hilda's children, Sheila, Ngaire, Claire anu Quila, Aveiil King, Mrs Hall, Dixon Bros., Boons, Mrs Bennen, N. Williams, Waimairi County Council (loads of vegetables), Mrs Spokes, Mrs Ryan, Methodist Orphanage, Mr McKenzie, Waimairi County Council, Mrs Calder, Stacey and Hawker, Mrs Hulme, Gilmore (Wolston), Rev. J. F. Coursey, Eiccarton Borough Council, Mr Firman, T H Green and Co., Aulsebrook and Co., Zealandia Soap Works, Ellesmere County Council, Mr Wagner, Mrs ri. M Davis. Mrs Mander, Mrs Baker, Mrs Rhind, Radley and Frampton, Stewart Robinson, Mrs Millar. Miss Baxter, W. Robertson, Wakefield and Co., Combined Buyers, United Distributors, Mrs Rowe, Mrs Liwne, Ballantyne and Co., New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association, Graham, Wilson, and Smellie, Armstrong and Co., W. Strange and Co., AD.C, Mr and Mrs Hutchison, Mrs Holmes, Mrs Leys, Mrs Weston, Mrs \dams, S. Clayton, Mrs Cartwright, Mrs Faber, Mr Thompson Farmers Co-operative Association, Mrs It. A. Home, Mrs Wilson, N Woods and Co., Adams. Bruce and Co.. 1. aGreen and Co., Mrs Batten, Dr Mil,. Mr Cardull, Mr Jewess, Mrs McAdam, Mrs McFarlane, Mrs Blackmore, Mr Williams, Mechanic Shop, P. and 1. Department, Mr Purnell, Mrs Rawle, Thos. Borthwick and Sons, Mrs C. 15. Mason. Woolston Tanneries Canterbury Frozen Meat Co., Mrs J. D. Hall, Mr Elston, St. Elmo, Mrs Pairmam, Mrs MarwYn, Mrs Slater, _ Miss Lynham, Mr Barnes, St. Martins Church, Wharenui School children, _ Mrs Tranter, Wer Wood Mrs Rivington Mrs Pone, Woodward, Stacey and wlttfr A D NZ. R. Co., Riccarton Hawker A.V., >*•"■ "• J .. » T Borough Council, Mrs Grett, Mrs Rogerf. Mrs Collins, Mrs Jackson, G. R 'cfsh l 'donations have been received

who have taken charge of cutting and making garments -.-Misses

Linn, Mrs Belts, Mrs McGall, Mrs Weston, St. John's Guild, Mrs J. D. Hall and helpers, Mrs Richards and Canterbury Women's Club group, Miss Blackwell and Women's Christian Temperance Union, Mrs Blackaby and helpers, Mrs Findlay, members of the Y.W.C.A. —7

from:— . 5 0 o "K Rare' ■•• - Q 10 Elle'smere County Council ... 2 10 0 0 Mr Wagner (for boots). ... 10 0 0 o Mrs H. M. Davis ... - { " o A.D.C - - o 4 o Mrs Wilson ••• "• , -. o Mr Purnell •- — i k Mrs H. C. Rogers »-. * Mechanicians' Workshop, i. and T. Department ... j> i* Q 0 0 "IrCm'aUrkingmanand his