THE RELIEF WORKS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 569, 26 July 1909, Page 9

THE RELIEF WORKS.

• The-amount paid into, the Relief Committee's bank- account stood at £1301" 19s. 9d. on Saturday morning, the latest donation to v- • _ tho fund being £21 25.; Id. from tho'store- . raen.jand permanent hands employed:by tho Harbour Board. ■; , It : is i: stated that the- Harbour. Board is . ; so-satisfied with the work-done. by:tho Roundertook : the 'cleaning-up of tho reservo near Karaka Bay, that an extension of tho-work is pro':jri babied ■ Cases which -require urgent attention still some before the secretary of the Relief Committee, "whose -list' of' applicantsvis steadilynsitig. . , "ALL PARROT TALK." . ' l v "This talk of bad times is all parrot talk," ■said: one of the biggest • second-hand 'dealers - in Wellington -to - a Dominion reporter on Saturday. . "Now, how do you liguro this ! ;'out: hardly over in my experience—a prettylong one—in Wellington, have I found ; such ' . difficulty in-getting hold of stuff, furniture in. particular. I can't buy it for tho simplo reason that so.littlo.is for salo, and tho - highest prices are being realised for household, stiilr at private sales. ' I know, becausu I' attend ,them all, and know what price 3 are. .. How do. you adjust that:with tho j about:ther people leaving. Wellington • ''because, of bad. times?" , > . ■ Well, how.do you figure it out? ■ "ff'.people: aro leaving AVellington as they say, -1 can only conclude that they do not . represent the stable population of; Wellington at all. They aro. those who are heis ;; to-day and goiio 'to-morrow, :having'no'Bettied interest in the placo. They can't havo • homes,-* or I would bo a roaring busiriessi .buty'-straflge ais it niay seem, business' isl quieter than usual, so quiet that the ' auctioneers .are" sending tb:me.for,'stuff--and. . . I havon't got it to 1 give them." <■: . .. -A special collection taken'up at St. Mark's Church yesterday in aid of the unemployed ■ relief fund realised £37 105.,. in-addition to -':- .contributions; for the vrelief ■of - the- .poor -'in v tho -parish;-. Notwithstanding the above the ordinary offertories did not suffer. At Kent "■■'■ Terrace Presbyterian Church £30 3s; 3d. was . collected, and -further- donations have been , \ promised. THE CHRISTCHURCH UNEMPLOYED. (By Telegraph.—Press ABSoclatlon.) . , Chrlstchurch, July 24. A fairly large number of men seeking work -made application for employment -at tho City Surveyor's oflioe this morning. The : officer ■ In charge of the bureau of the Labour .'. .Department here ■■'reports . that. numerous - odd: jobs have been offered men ,'by -country ~-■>: - employers,.'and . that.; tho 'the Department's books have had work offered - them. •