WORK AND WAGES.

Evening Star, Issue 12606, 11 September 1905, Page 2

WORK AND WAGES.

| There is so much distress in Melbourne ju.t now that recourse has been had to organised private relief, and tho newspapers are inviting and receiving subscriptions. On a recent Saturday there was a free distribution of 4001b of meat and 300 loaves of bread—half provided by the Salvation Army and half contributed by private donors—at the Salvation Army headquarters. The food was distributed by a committee of the unemployed, and the maximum was fixed at threo loaves and 31b ci meat. Unfortunately, after the whole supply was exhausted, scores (including womon who had tramped long di-tances with children in their arms) were turned emptyhanded away. The Right Sort of Immigrant.—A Scotsman who was in the Christchurch Labor Bureau on Friday has had a remarkable career since his arrival in New Zealand about fourteen months ago. lie landed ot Christchun hj from Glasgow with a very small stock of shillintra, but with a large fund of energy and canniness. He tackled tho first job that was offered to him—an appointment as rouse-al>out on a livery stable—and worked so hard that he had to retire with a strained wrist after a week's employment. Ho had little knowledge of driving, but undertook to pilot a milk cart, but the length of the hours and the shortness of the pay soon sent liim looking for new pastures. He was engaged as a handy man by a resident of Papanui, and was fairly contented till the housemaid left and he was asked to take over her duties. He was next seen hawking small parcels of kindling wood on commission for a local firm, and he proved to be such a good salesman that a horse and cart were provided for him. Ho thrived so well at this business that he amassed sufficient capital to get an express for himself, and set up as a wood and coal merchant. He has now five teams going, and employs five or bix men.