UNEMPLOYMENT

Evening Star, Issue 21004, 19 January 1932, Page 6

UNEMPLOYMENT

ALLOCATION OF WOOK Men will report for work to-morrow, as under;— * St. Hilda Borough Council.—l2.3o p.m., at Scott stret yard, group 139. Otago Education Board. —12.30 p.m., at Macandrew Road School, those men of group 157 who did work in the earlier part of the week. Ocean Beach Domain. —12.30 p.m., at Band Rotunda, St. Hilda, group 154 and those men of group 159 who did not work in the earlier part of the week. Otago Harbour Board. —12.30 p.m., at Leith bridge, Harbour terrace, groups 114, 137, and 143. D. 0.0. Reserves Department.—B a.m., at Knox street, Opoho, groups 403, 404, 406, 37; 12.30 p.m., at croquet pavilion, Montecillo, group 158. Works Department.—To commence 8 a.m, to-morrow, 48, Woodhaugh street, at quarry. To commence 12.30 p.m. tomorrow, 106, Musselburgh Rise, at Bayfield road; 111, Benhar street and Scoular street, Mornington; 112, Wharf street, at French street; 118, North road, one and a-half miles above tram terminus; 125, Woodhaugh street, at quarry; 128, Caversham Valley road, at Aberfeldy street; 133, Wakari road, at Ross Creek; 108, Tainui road, at Dundonald street; 141, Queen’s drive, at City road.

WORK OF RELIEF DEPOTS Big demands are still being made on the Hospital Board’s unemployment relief depot in Dowling street, and single men as well as married men are receiving relief in their stand-down week. The depot requires a supply of men’s trousers and boots, and would also be grateful for donations of vegetables to meet immediate needs. _ Activities at the Citizens’ Relief Depot in the Octagon have been hampered by a shortage of supplies. There have been quite a few whose wants have not been able to be attended to owing to lack of stocks on hand. Money and goods are still required if the work at the Central Mission as well as at Dowling street is to be continued. The following donations to the Central Mission depot are gratefully acknowledged:—H.E.B., £1; Miss M., £1; member St. Hilda Methodist Church, ss; D.C.C., 10s; Mr Reed, 3s; “ Anon.,” 2s 6d and Is; T. Goodchild (per Pastor More), four dozen pies; Duke’s staff, Mr Henderson, and Mrs : Denny, meat; Laurenson’s, Miss Fraser, Wright’s, J. R. Brown, Young and Anderson, MacEay Bros., Miss Findlay, J.G.8., M.E.N., Mrs Crooks, J, Bambery, and Mrs Beatson, groceries; Young Lum, twelve sacks cabbage, two sacks lettuce: Chooquee, Page, and, Robertson (Waitati), Mrs Gould, vegetables; Mr P, Dalliessi, “Bon Cafe,” seventy-five meal tickets. The Hospital Board’s depot in Dowling street wishes to acknowledge receipt of the following donations: —Mr Gillan, rabbits; “ A Friend,” sis bottles jam; Mrs Stewart (Benhar), potatoes and vegetables; “Sympathiser,” groceries; Misses Doocy, flour and oatmeal; Taylor and Sons, groceries and sundries; Rio Grande, bread and sundries; Mayor of Mosgiel, flour, jam, and vegetables; Mr Hutton (Cargill’s Castle), vegetables; Salisbury Butchery, meat and sausages; A. Bolwell, sausages and meat; Carline and M'Leod, meat; Mrs Brown, Princes street, meat: Mrs Hussey, jam; “Anonymous,” shoes; “A Friend,” cauliflowers; Mrs Allen, Maori Hill, groceries; and jam; Mr Roberts, cabbages; Mrs J. D. Martin, parcel of clothing; Mrs Griffiths, jam and goods; Ross Home, cabbages; “Anonymous,” clothing; A. 0., 10s; “A Friend,” shoes; “Anonymous,” Mosgiel, rhubarb; Co-operative Fruitgrowers, potatoes; O. M‘Kinnon, one bag coal. A meeting of the St. Hilda Unemployed Association will bo held on Wednesday night, at 7.30, in the lodge room, Council street. Members of all groups are expected to attend.