ACUTE DISTRESS
more unemployment in CHRISTCHURCH GOVERNMENT ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE Dominion Special Service. Christchurch, December 18. Unemployment is again causing some concern in Christchurch, and cases of acute distress through inability to obtain work are being brought to light daily The outlook for Christmas for a good number is decidedly cheerless. A deputation waited on the City Council last night and the question of providing further relief was referred to the Finance Committee. This morning the Mayor (the Rev. J. K. Archer) telegraphed to Sir Joseph Ward asking if the Government would subsidise £1 for £1 up to £lOOO any money voted by the council for the relief of the unemployed. The Prime Minister replied promising early consideration. Subsequently the chairman of the Finance Committee of the City Council (Councillor D. G. Sullivan. M.P.) stated that it hud been decided to provide work for 200 men for one week. The men are to be married men with dependants and local men. They are to be selected by Mr. R. T. Bailey, the officer in charge of the Labour Department. Mr. Sullivan said the council had done its utmost in the circumstances and all that the present state of the finances would permit. It is stated that there are many more men out of work than the figures at the Labour Bureau indicate.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 73, 19 December 1929, Page 10
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222ACUTE DISTRESS Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 73, 19 December 1929, Page 10
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