UNEMPLOYMENT.
TO THK EDITOa. Sir, — I should like to know what the Mayor intends doing'for the unemployed clerk. I am ■sure there are plenty, like myself, staving, and can't get work of any kind, and to go lo the Labour Department is a waste of time. It is bad enough for the New Zealander, but the new arrival is in a much worse position ; he has no relations or friends to keep him, and i 3 a long way from home. I was advised by the shipping agents in Scotland that there was plenty of work in this colony for all classes. I have been here now over ten weeks, and have found no work, and have had to exist on one meal a day for the last fortnight. If one goes to a Minister and explains that he is starving, he is advised to go up country, but one needs money for that; he can't beg on the road. I have no doubt there are others from Scotland in the same position" as myself, and I think surely something can be done to help the clerks, who are generally not afraid to tackle any kind of work. I enclose my card, and at present remain STARVING SCOT.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19090614.2.43
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 139, 14 June 1909, Page 3
Word Count
208UNEMPLOYMENT. Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 139, 14 June 1909, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.