ALLOCATIONS FOR RELIEF WORKS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21179, 1 June 1934, Page 3

ALLOCATIONS FOR RELIEF WORKS

POSITION IN CHRISTCHURCH

For a long time the allocations made by the Unemployment Board for relief works in and round Christchurch have remained fairly constant, and it is not anticipated that the review of sroh allocations that the bo r ~d is about to make will affect the amount received here. Local bodies in Christchurch and vicinity are employing as many relief worsers as they can find jobs for, and they receive their share of the allocation made for the district according to their requirements. The Christchurch City Council takes a fairly steady weekly average of about £I4OO for payment of its relief workers. The fluctuations in the weekly number of men balance out from time to time. At present the council requires £1375 a week, and at the corresponding stage last year it was £1425. In a week in July last year the amount was up to £1550, iu a week in August it was £ISOO, in a week lh September it'was £1345, and in one of the November weeks it was up to £1430. The Waimakariri River Trust is another body for which the allocatiras over periods have not been fluctuating much. This week, the trust is taking £Bl2, and last week the amount was £IO4O. The Keathcote County Council receives about £325 a week, much the same as was required at this time last year. The Waimairi County Council is taking less than it used to, mainly because it is trying to confine itself to using men living in its own district. The weekly average now is about £275, compared »ith about £395 at this stage last year. The Sumner Borough Council is paying out from £164 to £165 a week, the New Brighton Borough Council about £SOO a week, and the Riccarton Borough Council about £SO a week. There are other local bodies in this district, and their weekly averages have remained fairly constant. The Christchurch Drainage Board's weekly allocation is now between £250 and £260, whereas six months ago it was approximately £3OO. The board's requirements have gradually decreased, there being now fewer jobs on which it can employ relief labour.