UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 618, 22 September 1909, Page 9

UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM.

;;;::„-.:.;,. TH S M .ATOE OPTIMISTIC! ':-. : ..■ .- V-Thev is. fast' passf!vn a T? y, M rwuarked , his Worship P th3 Hon '■$• N^vma n, whou discussing . ; tho -ques. 'I hi 1-t a ' r fl ,rc sentutivo ol: The Dominion. Ihei rohef works, which, wore instituted in the 2\-f-.MJ>mntoi; have now practically ceased, less than a dozen men .being employed .bythe Belief Committee r.t tho'present-.tJnie.-Practically the whole of the money subscribed towards, tho.'.-rphef works has been expended, , b . ut ,l'- h , a 3 served its purpose, and tided many , needy, nipn.over the slack winter period. Dr flewman L states ;that what with thp liionoy sub-' scribed by citizens, and the special works put in hand by: the City Council, and tho /£ for £ subsidy given .by tho Qoveraincnt for tho work at Victoria;■■ College, about :.£ISOO has beon-es-' pended: No money was distributed in charity, the whole or' tho; subscriptions' being disbursed ■lor.work uctually done. There are still a nuin- j ber. of unemployed in the city, .'many: of them -having wives: arid families, but.-a-'considerable number, pi young men have recently, left the: aty to. seek-employment in the country, and tlio.j'ants of the workless have been further' ;thmned ;by. a number of men leaving for SydP e ,y,during,the past eight or nine, Weeks. - ' :J.he:corporation hasa large number, of'men .employed, and .likewise, the Harbour Board, which.is-at present -engaged on construction yforks._ Further, thp shipping trade of thep'orf is beginning to, "brisk/up/'i-and. next- month' Uax,' wool, and hemp will,be coming' into tho oity/in.large'quantities, and willengago an' increased number of hands.- The building tradealso. Shows-some signs of.improvement, severallarge buildings being/in; course of '-cphstructioni .whilst a number, oj small ■ houses are also ; being erected., Bncka; are now. cheaper than they Oave boon for a - considerable time past, : and' timber it somewhat lower, whilst contractors' jrekeen to get work. ..The .result is that housebuilding is cheaper now than it has beenfor a long, timo. ■ "Altogether,"•concluded Dr. Newr man, "the. prospects have brightened- considerably." ,;•<■■■■■'.;■:';■';- ■■••;■ v-/-. /-,/ ■■:■■.; - .-■-.-.