WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
EFFECT OF WINTER WORKS OVER 230 UNEMPLOYED HOW By 11 a.m. to-day 203 unemployed had registered at the engineer’s office at the Town Hall. Tho committee did not meet tins morning, but it was announced that six men had been placed on work m tho Botanic Gardens, and that Loro Bros., building contractors, had engaged three more inun. All these men arc married. It was reported to-day shat further relief would he given next week, but the order of the work bad not yet temu decided on. Discussing this report, Mr .1. Robinson, secretary of the committee, stated that he had not received any official word yet. “The corporation lias done phenomenally well,” he said. “it lias in its employ about 800 men, and 1 believe that the position is that that cannot really continue —that is to say, without compromising or seriously affecting Hie position of a number of the permanent staff in the summer. My opinion lias been formed following talks with a number of the counciliois on tho unemployment situation. Tho Citizens’ Relief Committee is up against a pretty big proposition, ft is investigating every possible avenue that can provide employment, and everyone is doing his or her best to meet tlio immediate requirements. Certain things have to bo done, and that is tho spirit in which all are working. Tlio corporation is doing far more than it should be doing under the circumstances, and it is going to affect the situation adversely in the summer time, as all the work will be done by then. Eighteen or twenty girls have registered at the Y.W.C.A. They are mostly domestics, but there are a few seamstresses and machinists. Some are young girls who have just started out in the business life. “Most of them are not really in need of relict,” stated Miss Butt. “They want work. They are now dependent on relatives, and they would be glad to do something to contribute towards the family income. Tlio girls are of a nice type. _ Some have been working at the tourist places, such as Queenstown. There is always a good demand in Dunedin for domestics, and all in the past have been able to get winter employment. They have not realised the effect of taking the temporary employment. Owing to the Exhibition there has been a bigger number of domestic girls in tho city, and consequently there are now fewer vacancies. Girls who caino hero for tho Exhibition stepped right into jobs, and tho girls coming back to town lor tho winter have missed. Some of the girls finished at Queenstown in June.” Two girls were placed this morning, one going to the country. Miss Balt expected that, another would ho found a situation before the evening, and there was every probability of a fourth being found a job. Miss Bait makes an earnest appeal for point'.otis for the girls.
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Evening Star, Issue 19298, 10 July 1926, Page 9
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