PAY ON RELIEF WORKS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20025, 5 September 1930, Page 10

PAY ON RELIEF WORKS.

ATTITUDE OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Matters relating to the unemployment situation were discussed, in committee. at least night's meeting of the Council of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce.

On resuming the chairman (Mr Norton Francis) reported that it had been decided to make public the lowing resolution: — "That this Council is of opinion that there is considerable suffering at tne present time in this City through unemployment, but considers that intermittent relief work at award rates ot pav does not encourage the business firms to contribute to any relief fund. It reaffirms its decision of March Gth, 1930. to give no support to any proposals which do not recognise that relief work is a temporary expedient to help those who arc unable to get tvork elsewhere, and should be paid for only at a rate which wilj induce recipients to miss no opportunitv to seek regular employment. If this resolution is approved and acted upon by the Citizens' Unemplovment Committee_ nnd the Citv Council, this Council will reCommend the business firms to ass'Bl in helping to relieve the present hardship in the'" City by donations in cash and in kind."

yards from the road, and well concealed from the road by trees. By going .iust outside the hut, however, we could see the road. They had no bicycles with them, as far as we could see", but they could quite easily hive left them out of sicht on the road. Conversation With Employe®#. "The shorter one was once employed as a cowboy by Mr Blakeley, and he must have known about the hut, and would know that in all probability there would be food in it. as it is sometimes used by the musterers. They were seen passing the homestead, but did not call in there. They spoke to some of Mr Blakeiev's men, who were working near the road. They must have known that thev could have got food at the homestead, as it is a regular port of call for swaggers who are always fed there. "I had to come back to Christchurch." ho concluded, "but the pthero who were staying on in camp did not like the idea of remaininc in the and so went to the homestead for the night." "Yes. the two of them passed *ier«» this morning all right." said Me Blakeley.' owner of Castle Hill Station "The smaller one used to work for me. but he lelt six or seven years ago. He was always a good worker and never cave any trouble at all. So far as 1 remember his name wag \lf Colenso but 1 am not certain of chat. Tliev didn't call in at the homestead, but spoke to some of my men vho were working near the road." MANY SWAGGERS. LARDER BROKEN INTO. Swaggers have been numerous in the Coalgate and Lake Coleridge district* recently. They have also been daring. Two stayed at a station near Ooalgate two or three niehts ago, and it was found next moraine that they had broken into the larder. Searchers thought they had a clue when two men passed through Coalgate vesterday morninsr with swags up. One of them carried a gun, but it was soon found that they were not the couple wanted.

KEEN SPORTSMAN. COCKBURN WELL-KNOWN BOXER. The dead man's father, Mr Allen Co'ckburn, arrived at Coalgate late yesterdav afternoon from the West Coast. His son was well known in the Oxford and Coalgate districts. He had been working for Mr lan Murchison for about fifteen months, and before that was employed at Whitecliffs. He was a well-built, lusty young man, very fon-J of sport, particularly boxing. He had taken part in a number of bouts in Waimato and Oamaru.