UNEMPLOYMENT

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 244, 16 July 1928, Page 12

UNEMPLOYMENT

MEETING OF MEN IN INVERCARGILL. . By Telegraph.-—Press Association. Invercargill, July 15. A mass meeting *of unemployed was ’held at the Labour Hall, Invercargill, on Saturday afternoon, over 100 men attending. The attitude of the Government and local bodies waf severely criticised by

various speakers, and a motion was passed asking that the Government cease their present “stop-gap method” of dealing with the unemployed problem, and institute a unemployed problem, and institute a land settlement policy, which would provide work and reclaim unproductive farm lands. , , 1- « The importance of a speedy solution of the problem was stressed by the quotation of cases of married men with larse families'living on £1 and £2 a week. The particular case of a tnan suffering from war injuries and keeping a family of five was cited. The meeting was unanimous in its denunciation of the attitude of local bodies, and asserted that the statement that work was available in the country was untrue. , x x , The chairman (Mr. T. O Byrne) stated that a list of proposed works had been drawn up by the Borough Council, and work would be commenced immediately. The roll opened at the Labour Hall now; ceutains lfiQ names,