THE UNEMPLOYED.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 565, 21 July 1909, Page 4

THE UNEMPLOYED.

WORK)STOPPED BY flfftlN, i;: ■ The wet weather is proving a serious drawback to the efforts of tho unemployed. •The work at best is heavy and wet just now, but so lon|'asrtho men can work.their 1; money is-forthcoming. Yesterday operations ceased after midday on acconnt of tho rain.

The Mount Victoria Road. • Although the ■ Constablo Street-Mount Victoria Road work ljas only, boon in hand ; Si day' and 'ft." half,' the'menem ployed on tho T job have alroady ■ completed seven or eight chains, tho Toad . -being HOW .up. -as far :■ 'as -whoro- Mom Street runs• on .to.tho Town Bolt. The road winds along. .the eastern • I: Sido of tho hill for some distance, and,then out to tho " western, ': or /Newtown,. ( Side, the ■ direction after this goings cast again. _This ■ curving to and fro will, .it. is understood, bo " ' maintained along , the greatei;. .part ,of tho ■route. ' The men are said to be doing excellent work,. which is facilitated by the use of. the plough for roughing out the road., Tho most costly piece of work m connection with tho-undertaking will be theforma- • tion of tho approach to tho hill from Constable' Street, which - will mean making v a ''fairly substantial cutting through .the high: clay bank ' * • Other Works. . ■ ; Tho City Engineer, (Mr. W. H. Morton), i'and Mr. Get). : Nash; visited the .i.vWadea- ' .'town\lload yesterday in order to decido on '-itho'work to be.put in hand thoro. ,;As a resuit,:. Mr. Morton will ' start several. of his , own men to-day, j stS. as" to got things ready for tho unemployed ' :""A'inew gang of 45 men will bo placed; on . ? the 'Victoria 'Gollego works this morning. The men ,vjill work for a week, and mil then gtvo way to another gang. - Kyj iAs' prbviously, niemWrs'of the'relief; . gangs started last week continue todrop out slowly through finding; wortat:their'trades. Up to J about te-ri '•' men " had' notified /.Mr.'Willis thatthorriiames would not :rer,' ; qnrre:■ to bo considered in: further ballots. ' ■' •Although there are only 500 odd names on ,tho ■ *'reliof l list, -over- 600 applicants have called on Sir. Willis to date, but in cases whore the' .!'} applicant had just arrived from. another dis-'. . -. trict, .or whero ho had means, the application ®was not.'received-.-i;K.' ; -Xij. ' Subscriptions. *

Total* r J278 i 0 ■.! ! V Tho sum banked.'tip to yesterday afternoon •.'was £940, which with cheques smco reooived 'i;-and cash m hand makes a total of over ?jenoo. x MEALS AND BEDS. (By Telegraph.—Special OorroapondenU Auckland, July 20. • ;.r ii: .The. Salvation Army.. Shelter is always ■ a' . . guido to the state of the /unemployed dif- ■ . s ;hculty:. here. For-tho last' 14 days "four::ponny beds" to tho number of 702 wese paid .for by .those engaging .them; 171 .were sup-' v:Miplied 'to/ '-'ptone broke" wanderers of the , ?:y night m ■ return• for : labour,;.,l2B', worn .filled) i .v by „the; bearers of' orders from' various Good ■ whilst: no fewerithan 111' men ; . i?/ wero ■ provided with a comfortable night's re- ;.; pose without money and without pneo of ( any; kind. This makes a total of 1112 - filled during the 14 days. ..' ."Last winter," said Staff-Captain Toomer, "we wero full up, but it did not last long, but this year., we have bccn .likc this for four months." t , • »"What about meals?" -.' . , "Well, here-is-our-recordv-for the---two' ' ' weeks: 314.meals.at ld.' each,;2o9 at 2d.,,'84 ,at 3d., and 83 .at 4d. In return, for . labour :;fe we havo supplied' 643; meals for tho fortnight, /166 have been furnished •. on orders/ MvhiJst ' there have been 69 absolutely, free meals.' . There was thus a total number of 1568 mealsin value'from Id. to 4d." THE NAPIER COMMITTEE. :v, , / (By Telegraph.—Press Association ) 1 , Napier, July 19., . . i At a meeting ,of the Citizens'- Committee : v ;,to-day it was resolved"That' this oommit>teo, boing convinced that unemployed men .- , are being attracted to Napier through vari- ; -vous causes, desire it to be known that, while i;.; desirous of. doing its best to provide employ-' ment, help will be extended .in tho first place .; '-feto residents of tho city, married meti bating tho preference."- ■; :.'■■■'■ ••.-,■■■:, ..• .' i;■ :v. ; ' Napier, July . 20. .. There are still a good many men here who aro unablo to find work. 'Very few subscriptions are being received by the Citizens" i , Rehef Committee, partly because /there -is a i,.'... feeling agajnat attracting . .men > here ; when .. thero is no work to offer them. ■; > i. POSITION AT CHRISTCHURCH. Christchurch, July 20. >. v At tho Trades Hall , to-day it was reported 1 ;. that tho position with regard to tho unem..ployed. appeared to bo becoming worse. The . meat companies? are slackening ./off hands '''.;Tapidly, and'these mon aro comine to town ■ ■ seeking for work, and adding to tho already .. ~- largo number, of .vvorkless ,men.. Moat .of . .• the men from ,the -meat works are married ~men."■ ;'lt .was.further/stated'the workers at tho meat odmpanies' works hav© had a bad season,, their earnings- for seven monthß having been le6s than £60. E11,,M.P., 1 has. written; to the' Unem^'. ' 'plowed Commdtteo suggesting that- tho funds in their hands should be devoted to •. .work on the King Edward Drive, otherwise recalled Summit Roadr •••He states—that .if this is done a fortnight's- work-would bo ''available for eight-men. '. .. • .''Af-I'"; i ";■■■ -. J.- Hie secretary cif tlie : committee expresses ,a. personal opinion unfavourable to ' tho idea ... ;of-.subsidising Government work, and pointa . out that tho local, authorities '.in tho city :/ can quite as readily provide work-' on tho . game terms. .. :: ■. •.:■ / WORK AT DUNEDIN. - .' > ■ Duncdin, July 20. ■ -• Within the last fortnight tho "City Coun- ■ , oil has taken on 117 previously unemployed ■men. Tho Drainage : gave its engineer authority to carry out at onco by ; day labour certain reticulation works, whioh will require the services of at least 35 men; ' One of the greatest surprises to the Wellington public is, the magnificent display of new furniture to ;'be. seen at the spacious show- ;. '.rboms of Messrs. W. F. Shortt, Ltd., of Willis ' ' Street.,. The firm have a fully-equipped factory, • and manufacture everything required in hbuse furnishing, .froih . a kitchen table to the most .. elaborate bedroom and diningroom furniture. In the firmVupstairs,showrooms is'to' be seen • one ofUheinrost exteninTe v ;as»rtments ; niture, designed-' to' suit all' tastes. : A very casual'glance round will convince you thatlthe . quality of the goods is unsurpassed, and that '■ShorttsyLtd., is one of- the-most up-to-date fur-; nitnre warohousea in "Wellington. -Those about to furnish willfhfl.Kfllliadyisud. to.inspeot and obtain the prices of this firm's goods before pur'cKaisinA. elsen'hera< <TtfUi9.

•: Tho; were 'received yesterday:—l 1 £ s. (1; ' i A. Williams (per; Mr. B. A. Wright. MP) 50 0 0 -r,; .South Wellington i .Church ;■ of Christ (per Mrs. E. A Wright) ... ... 4 10 0 : / - General subscriptions (per 4 . G G // -;:St. JohnVPresoyterian Church ■ ..... 67 8 9. Salvation Army . ! ,.. 12 10 0 '' Salvation Array (second contribution)..; 12.10 0 Terrace Congregational Church ... - , ... 20 1 0. 0 ' . , .Terrace Congregational Sunday School '3 10 7 ■i'- Spiritualists' -Association .v. 6 0 0 'William M'Lean ... 5.50 'J. Burns 10," ;: ■ si ; The following amonnts have been- collected by $;£$Mrs£G«6rg'e; Winder :in aid of the:fund:-rv £ s. d. i'-,> Sargood, Son,: and Ewen, 1 . Ltd., Bing,; v. Harris and Co., Ltd., Boss and Glen- - ' dining, Ltd., Archibald Clark and / Son; Ltd., Macky, Logan, Caldwell, .• '•f.l Co.\ : (Warehousemen's ■' Associii- ■■ - ,f '! tion) 50 0 *0 J. Mjers and Co 220 W. Berijamin and Co 3 3 0 • . K. E. Tingey and Co., : Ltd. :' 2 <2 > 0 ;r : 'l;Te Aro.House, Ltd. ... ... .5 . 5 .0 I 1 . Penty , 10 0 ■ ■, (.Stewart Timber,: Glass, and Hardware '. <i . , - Co. ... , 5 5 0 ..... .. ... ... ■ 11 0 cji.c. - l.d o . .it i Kaiapoi: .Woollen Co. v:3 3 .0 ' 1 Rowe and Sons — ... 1 0 0 G. Wmdor ... 3 ! 0