UNEMPLOYMENT

Evening Star, Issue 21745, 13 June 1934, Page 12

UNEMPLOYMENT

GROUPS TO REPORT •Works Department.—The following groups are to commence at 8 a.m. tomorrow;— 62 PortobelJo road, at bridge. 63 — Dundonald street, at Norman street. 64 — Ross Creek reservoir. 63—Campbell’s road, at Watt’s road. 66 Malvern street, at old sawmill. 67 Preston crescent, at Harcourt street. 68: —Fraser’s road, at sanitary stables. 69 Woodhaugh street, at quarry. 70— Glencairn street, at Gladstone road. 71— The following men of group 71 at Woodhaugh street, at quarry:—F. L. Bain, L. Barry, J. G. H. Blagdou, S. W. E. Clarke, W. Hughes, J. Jackson, J. M. Jennings, H. Jones. 71— The balance of group 71 at Ross Creek reservoir, 72 Simbury street, at Cranston street. 73 Glen avenue, at Bridge}: street. 74 Helensburgh road, five chains north of Balmacoweu road. 75 Green Island aerodrome site (meet Caversham railway stalioq at 7.55 a.m.). 78— South road, at Glen road. 79 M'Glashan street, at Neville street. 81— Corner Arthur street- and Bhn row. 82— Kelvin grove, at sanitary stables. Reserves Department.—The following groups report for work at 8 a.m. to! morrow:— 706—At Woodhaugh Gardens. 6—At Chisholm Park. CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES Men in receipt of relief work must immediately advise the employment Bureau of any change in the circumstances of themselves or the members of their families that may occur during the two-monthly intervals between the submission of forms U.B. 32 and U.B. 32a. Any man neglecting to do this will be liable to have his ration of relief reduced to offset any excess relief received during the period that such information was withhold. N.U.W.M. EXECUTIVE The weekly meeting of the executive of the Dunedin Central branch of the National Unemployed Workers’ Movement was held on Monday evening. Mr G. Geddes (president) occupied the chair. Correspondence was received from the mayor (Rev. E. T. Cox) and the secretary of the Hospital Board. Reports were received from delegates attending the district council meeting. The secretary intimated that the mass meeting of protest would be • held in Burns Hall to-morrow evening, instead of Sunday, as arranged. The president reported on attending the meeting of all executives in the Trades Hall. ■ Remits for the general meeting were endorsed. Complaints were received, and the secretary was instructed to take the matters up with the departments concerned. The Social Committee reported that arrangements were well in hand for the next monthly concert.

NO. A DISTRICT Owing to the increasing amount of business which the ladies’ section of the Social Committee is called upon to do it has become necessary to add another selling day in the No. 4 depot! The department will be open on Friday afternoons from 2 till 4 for the sale of women’s and children’s garments. The nominal prices charged are rapidly depleting the stocks, and any supply of new material suitable for making up will be thankfully received and acknowledged by the ladies’ section of the committee. There is also a big demand (which the committee • cannot at present satisfy) for good second-hand garments. These can be readily disposed of to most deserving people. For the collection of parcels donors are asked to notify the depot or ring phone 23-822. The message will receive immediate attention. FURTHER PODLBURN GIFTS Gifts from the following for the Lower Poolbnrn camp are acknowledged:— Messrs Cadbury, Fry, Hudson Ltd., D.S.A., Otago Sports Depot, ’Varsity Hairdresser and Tobacconist. Fraser and Co. 7 OTAGO DISTRICT COUNCIL A meeting of executives of all unemployed organisations in Dunedin was held under the auspices of the Otago District Council in the Trades Hall on Sunday evening. Mr J. E. Hastie, president of the council, presided over a very good attendance. The council’s action in holding a mass meeting of protest against camps on June 14 was endorsed. Speakers were selected from each organisation. The secretary was instructed to write to the mayor requesting that a representative from the. council accompany the deputation to the local Unemployment Committee when it investigated the existing conditions in the camps. It was agreed that another conference of all unemployed organisations be held in the near future.

DISTRESS AMONG CHINESE [PerTUnited Press Association.] WELLINGTON, June 12. “ Some misunderstanding has arisen in connection with the Chinese men who are in distress throughout New Zealand,” runs a statement issued by the

Unemployment Board to-day. “ Some little time, ago,” the statement continued, “Mr W. W. Chan, of the Chinese United Christian Mission, in company with the Rev. Y. K. Chan, visited the office of the Unemployment Board before’ he went to Auckland, and discussed the position as to distress among the Chinese in various parts of New Zealand.” It was explained to Mr Chan that unless the Chinese were registered the Unemployment Board could not deal with the situation. Mr W. W. Chan, who was working among his people, visited Auckland, and while there evidently discussed with his countrymen methods by which distress could be relieved among them. The Unemployment Board had no knowledge of These particular proposals, and could not contemplate adopting the suggestion as it appeared in the Press that workless Chinese subsidised by the board would be enabled to run community gardens, growing vegetables in competition with others in the trade. “ The misunderstanding is unfortunate, as the board fully appreciates the sincerity of the motives which actuated Mr W. W. Chan and the Rev. Y. K. Chan when they discussed the matter in the board’s office.”