No Work at Motueka

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 69, 14 December 1933, Page 11

No Work at Motueka

Sjr,—On behalf of the Motueka District Unemployment Committee I am writing to ask if you would kindly publish a warning against unemployed workers coming to this district in the hope of obtaining work. There is absolutely no work available at the present time owing to the abnormally dry season, which is now bordering on a drought, and also to the fact that tobacco contracts have been cut down 'by half. Unless rain appears soon it will also affect the fruit yield. We have an overplus of labour here now, both in the unemployed registrations and otherwise and there is no hope that there will be any surplus employment available even later in the season. We issue this warning in order to save men the expense of the trip here and disappointment at this end when no work can be obtained. The committee is entirely a voluntary organisation, and has no funds upon which to draw and hopes you may kindly see your way to publish this warning free of charge.—l am, etc., C. E. MORRISON, (For Motueka District Unemployment Committee). .Motueka, December 11.