BRISTOL SCHEME

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21177, 30 May 1934, Page 3

BRISTOL SCHEME

! ROTARY CLUB'S PLAN I j PUTTING MEN BACK TO THEIR TRADES A campaign to find work ior as many unemployed men as possible during the months of June, July, and August has been inaugurated by the j Christchurch Rotary Club. Circulars were sent out yesterday to every busiI ness address and to many private ad- ; dresses in Christchurch explaining i the club's back-to-work scheme and seeking support for it. "Our back-to-wcrk scheme is something different." states the circular outlining the Bristol scheme, which has been adopted by the club following its great success in many parts of England. "It is called the _ Bristol scheme because it originated in Bristol," states the account. "It aims at helping established trades to keep their work people employed and generally to put money into circulation End open up wider avenues of employment. "If you have planned some improvement in your house, your garden, or your business premises, whicn you intend to carry out when things improve, do it now. Then things will begin to improve. If you have postponed the purchase of something necessary i'or yourself or your home, buy it now. Spend with confidence and put more money into circulation. Create work, never mind how big or small the job, and you will directly or indirectly assist many need of help and are suftermg througn no fault of their own." Pledge of Employment A promise card accompanies the circular and it is suggested that• tach person receiving a copy should ll " cle take tu employ a man or men 101 a certain period. A list of Possiblc avenues of employment is printed on the back of the circular, no fewer than 70 suggestions being made of ways in which householders, business men, motorists, radio set owners, and industrialists can employ labour during the winter. . ~ ~ "Please examine the list carclully, asks the circular, "and see what job there is that you can put in hand. Then fill in tlje promise card enclosed and return it to our address within a week. If this is done your name can be removed from the list of those who have to be called upon, and by carrying out your pledge you will be helping to solve the problem of unemployment and mitigate its attendant evils. "This is not relief work, nor is it charity." the circular emphasises. "It is an endeavour to restore workers to their rightful occupations at ordinary rates of wages and under ordinary conditions, and to reduce the burden of special taxation which weighs heavily upon the community and clogs the wheels of industry." Mayor's Endorsement In a letter commending the scheme, the Mayor (Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P.) states: "The Bristol scheme has been explained to me fully by the Rotary Club, and after due consideration and consultation with citizens, who are endeavouring to grapple with the unemployment difficulties, I cordially commend the Rotary Club's scheme to you all. By the definite initiation of necessary work (big jobs and little), and by putting in hand that extra work which has been put off, you will be helping yourselves and others. The scheme has my cordial approval and sympathy." The circular quotes the example of Shrewsbury, England, which asked for pledges of work up to £IO,OOO in value and secured a total of £10,500. "Is it too much to ask Greater Christchurch, which has more than three times the population." asks the circular, "to promise £BO,OOO of work for the winter?" List of Suggestions The list of suggestions for work is as follows: Outside painting of house, fences, etc.; inside papering, decorating, renovating. etc.; extra shelves fixed in house; cupboards built in; new sunporch, summer or greenhouse; house | buiU; garage or outbuildings erected; j structural alterations and additions to home; new fireplaces or range; tiling of hearths, bathroom, etc.; window sashes recorded or replaced; those cracked widows replaced; repair any faulty spouting or plumbing; kitchen or bathroom remodelled; new bath fitted; roofs examined and repaired; concrete tloor to garage or outside area; new garden path in gravel, asphalt, or concrete; form new rockery, pergola, or rustic fence; lawn levelled or returfed; garden dug over hedges trimmed or trees lopped, etc.; trees or shrubs planted; whitewash fowlhouse; furniture renovated or re- > upholstered; new loose covers for fur- j niture; mattresses remade; buy that extra settee or pjece of furniture; carpet taken up and beaten, remade, and relaid: pictures or certificates mounted, framed, or reframed; suits, overcoats, etc., cleaned and pressed; umbrella renovated; loose covers for j car seats; new carpets in car; install central heating; dye or clean window j curtains; new curtains made; replenish cutlery, crockery, linen, etc.; new leather handbag or attache case; forks, spoons, teapots, etc., resilvered; mirrors rosilvered; clocks cleaned and repaired; broken china and ornaments riveted or repaired; car overhauled, etc.; send your car to be washed and gi eased regularly; have your car repainted; install wireless; carry wireless extensions to other rooms; new boots and shoes; extra lounge suit dress suit, or overcoat; extra shirts' underwear, etc.; all shoes and boots repaired; extra costume or evening dress; that permanent wave you are putting off; new visiting cards, and specially printed stationery; lawnmower, shears, etc., ground and set; purchase carpet sweeper; shop front renovated; remodel shop front; signs rewritten; new brushes, buckets, and hardware for office and factory cleaning; extend factory premises; install new machinery: place printing orders f °* ,f ve 7 kjn d; new mats, rubber tttads, etc.; overhaul typewriter, golf rini^ er l Jled 0r heads P lated : tennis racket restrung; overhaul bicycle- replenish garden and garage tools; employ that extra domestic assistance again.