FINDING JOBS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 64, 9 December 1930, Page 12

FINDING JOBS

Idle Trouble-makers “THIS HOWLING MOB” Christchurch Malcontents Dominion Special Service. Cluislchurch, December 8. Since the various local bodies in Christchurch have received official notification from the Unemployment Board concerning their subsidies for work to be provided for the men over the Christmas season, arrangements have been made to place 302 men in work under the conditions of the subsidy. The men if necessary will give way to another batch of unemployed at the end of a fortnight. Arrangements are being made to place additional men in jobs, and the Citizens’ Unemployment Committee met this morning and considered the question. A resolution urging the board to provide work for single men in order to take them away from the cities was carried. “Well, to sum it all up, when are we going to get this howling mob out of the city?” asked Mr. J. W. Crampton after the unemployment situation had been discussed at length with Messrs. W. E. Leadley and F. L. Hutchinson, two members of the Unemployment Board. He said that malcontents were demonstrating in the streets and it seemed that shortly the red flag would be carried at the head of the processions. The chairman (Mr. E. H. Andrews) said that it was highly desirable that these men should be got out of the city. At the present time they were making trouble, first because they were incited by agitators who probably would not accept work if offered it, and second because single men had been given little relief work through local bodies having to give preference to married men. A motion carried was that failing the provision of immediate work single men should be provided with an opportunity to go to camps such as Burnham till work could be found for them.

AUCKLAND’S WORKLESS

Plight of Single Men

Dominion Special Service.

Auckland, December 8.

“I was told by the Labour Department to-day that 2500 jobs are required to give 'anything like an adequate supply of work to those seeking employment in Auckland at the present time,” said Mr. W. E. Parry, M.P. for Auckland Central, to-day. Thinking there was a possibility that work might be found for some men in the installation of the proposed stand-by power plant at Huntly, Mr. Parry telegraphed to the Minister of Public Works asking when that work was to be undertaken.

Mr. Parry said the plight of single men on the unemployed list was particularly difficult. Naturally preference was given to married men with dependents, a nil there appeared to be insufficient work to enable others to be engaged. Rush for Employment By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, December 8. Buoyed up with the hope of securing immediate employment, men crowded the Government Unemployment Bureau this morning. Queus three and four deep overflowed into the street. The attraction was the announcement that the Unemployment Board had granted subsidies totalling £2143 to the City Council. It is estimated that over 1000 men registered during the morning. The City Council will engage 80 men for a fortnight. Although this number is comparatively small, it is regarded as a good sign by the unemployed, and as an indication that the Unemployment Board is doing its utmost to open up work for as many as possible by Christmas.

HALF-PAY FOR WIVES

Relief Workers’ Earnings

JUDGE’S RECENT COMMENT

When sentencing a number of men from an unemployment relief camp for taking part in a drunken riot, his Honour Mr. Justice Reed, at Nelson, on Saturday, expressed the opinion that it would be a good thing if something equid be done whereby some of the money they earned could be paid to their dependents. Apparently the judge’s remarks were directed at single men, for qne of the conditions under which a married man is engaged on relief work is that he makes out a half-pay order in favour of his wife. Half the amount of his earnings is stopped out of the married worker’s wages, and forwarded direct to his wife, and the other half is paid to him on the works. There is no provision for deducting a portion of the single man’s wages for the benefit of dependents, and the practice is to pay him the full amount of his earnings. THE MAYOR’S FUND Donations received yesterday for the Mayor's fund for the relief of unemployment brought the total in hand to £lOO4 14/9. Following were the additions yesterday:— £ s. d.

Chapman, Tripp, Cooke and Watson 10 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. L. 0. H. Tripp .. 10 0 0 McCormack Tracy and Co 1 1 0 Technical Publications, Ltd. ... 1 1 0 C. B. Buxton 0 10 6 D. F. Myers 0 Kilbirnie Kinema 7 4 4 Hataitai Methodist Church .... o 0 0 Karori Methodist Sunday School Bible Class 1 o 6 IT. E. Gaddis and Co 5 0 0 Stewarts and Co 0 0 Henry Hughes, Ltd n o 0 Wellington Paper Bag Co 0 11. Baker 1 1 0