UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 April 1932, Page 10

UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

CH.CH. GOOD EFFORT.

[PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.]

CHRISTCHURCH, April 10.

An All Nations Fair, held to raise funds for use in helping the sufferers from unemployment during the winter months, concluded on Saturday. In four days the fair realised ‘£2,326/12/11, and there are still funds expected from entertainments that were held by outside organisations in conjunction with the fair. A street appeal some weeks ago realised £1,575 so that the total amount available should be about £4OOO.

WELLINGTON “CAMP” PROTEST,

WELLINGTON, April 9. The Unemployment Board’s decision to send all registered single unemployed men now receiving two days’ work per week at 9/- per day into the country camps resulted in a demonstration of the unemployed being made yesterday afternoon, and another demonstration again to-day. The intention is to send to the coun-

try from Wellington, where there are 2800 men in the above category, some 500 men within the next month, and then to make up this number to 750 or 1000 in the following month. Any refusal to go into the country will automatically result in the man concerned ceasing to be employed under the No. 5 Scheme.

It is understood over 200 men have signified their intention of refusing to leave Wellington and go to the country.

Forty-five men were required to go to Waimiha to a camp, near Taumarunui, the men to leave on Friday night, but only 26 men actually en trained. Trouble was caused by agitators encouraging men who had already signified a willingness to go to the camp to join in a demonstration protesting against the camp prin;ciple. This morning a crowd of about two thousand men assembled at Te Aro Post Office, seeking an interview with the Local Unemployment Committee. The members of the Committee afterwards waited on the Unemployment Board, asking for information regarding the scheme. They were told that eveky registered single un employed man was affected by the scheme. This information was later conveyed to another crowd in the Corporation Yard. It was received with a certain amouiit of hostility.

The crowd of 2000, under a misapprehension, marched away to the bottom of The Terrace to the office of the former Unemployment Commissioner, the Government Statistician, but on being informed of their mistake, they dispersed aftei’ speeches were made.

ONE-HOUR STRIKE.

ROTORUA, April 11

At a meeting of the executive of the Relief Workers’ Association, held on Sunday, they passed a resolution calling a general strike of the unemployed workers for one hour on Tuesday, as a protest against the 40-hour week recently instituted in the Rotorua district.

Aproximately 600 men will be affected, although it is not known whether all will follow the lead given by the committee.