UNEMPLOYMENT QUESTIONS
A HUNDRED-MILE WALK , (From Our Parliamintabt Exporter.] WELLINGTON, November 4. The members of the House expressed astonishment this afternoon when Mr Carr (Timaru) declared that some of his constituents, single men in the misemployed camp at Lindis Pass, had ’Walked the 150 miles from the camp into Timaru rather than endure tho privations at this camp. He asked the Minister of Unemployment to investigate the conditions at the camp, induding food, accommodation, and payment, adding that the men had signed a unanimous protest against their conditions. . . Mr Coates (Minister of Unemploy-' meht) replied that this was the first intimation of dissatisfaction he had received. “ Will you investigate?” asked Mr Carr, but the Minister gave no further answer. Mr Sullivan (Avon) gave notice of a question suggesting to the Minister of Unemployment that, in the intervening weeks between the present date and Christmas, provision be made for full work for unemployed relief workers. There were, he said, 1,000 Christchurch men who had not received any work.
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Evening Star, Issue 20942, 5 November 1931, Page 7
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