RELIEF FUND

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20977, 4 October 1933, Page 3

RELIEF FUND

BUSINESS MEN'S APPEAL The contributions to the Citizens' Relief of Distress Fund received yesterday brought the total to date up to £13,682 6s Bd. The honorary treasurer, Mr J. W. Niven, city treasurer, on behalf of the committee, acknowledges the following addition contributions:—

£ s. d. Previously acknowledged 13,652 15 10 ' Staff Public Accountants' Group (further contribution) .. . • 0 15 0 Staff Chas. S. Thomas (third contribution) .. 2 12 6 Staff North Canterbury Hospital Board (fifth contribution) .. 7 16 Staff Hawker's Garage i (seventeenth and eighteenth contributions) .. •• 0 6 6 Staff N.Z. Farmers' Coop. Assn (tenth con-' tribution. •• •• 9 19 8 A group of employees ; (fourth contribution) 313 8 Staff North Canterbury Sheep Farmers Co-op. Freezing Co., Ltd. (fourth contribution) 2^o Staff Thos. Borthwick & Sons, Ltd. (fourth contribution) .. 3 0 u £13,682 6 8 OPPOSITION TO PIECEWORK PROPOSAL The job delegates' council of the Canterbury Unemployed Workers' Association, held in the Trades Hall last night, was attended by more than 70 delegates. The proposed new system for relief works was the chief matter to be discussed, and the council decided to oppose the introduction of the proposed scheme. Pl A e special committee was set up to devise ways and means to defeat the scheme if introduced, and it was decided to ask the Labour caucus to endeavour to secure the help ol the Labour movement