UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 July 1933, Page 7

UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

I HAWKE’S BAY DISPUTE. [PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.] HASTINGS, June 30. The strike position at Napier and Hastings remains unaltered. The most important development today was a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Provincial Council of the National Union of the Unemployed, which afterwards issued the following statement: —“Every effort is now being made by the Provincial Council to effect a reasonable settlement, and it is still hoped that a national strike will be averted.” A telegram has been received from Wellington, stating: “That national action has been decided upon, and we have also received a communication from many relief . workers organisations throughout the Dominion, assuring us of their support. Thu position has been greatly improved, and already certain concessions have been offered by the conference of Local Bodies. The. Bay County Council has made certain offers which still contain features to which the Provincial Council cannot agree. A further conference of Local Bodies’ representa-

tives has been arranged by the Mayor of Napier, and through that conference, we have submitted, our reply to the County Council. A special meeting of the Waipukurau branch of the National Union of Unemployed, to-night, decided, by a large majority, not to strike at present, but the Waipawa workless, it is understood, have resolved upon striking in sympathy with the Hastings and Napier unemployed organisation.

GREYMOUTH COMMITTEE.

Fifty-seven cases of distress, making a total of 97 for this week, were dealt with at yesterday’s meeting of the Mayor’s Relief of Distress Committee. Each applicant received a parcel of foodstuffs. The Mayor (Mr J. W. Greenslade) stated that the direct collection has not been finalised, but the total to date is £212/1/-. In addition, £23 is acknowledged from West Coast Amusements, Ltd. It is hoped to finalise the collection next week, when a full list of donations w’ill be made available for publication. Goods donated to the committee during the week ended yesterday were as follow: Messrs Blanchfield, two gross of cakes; Riordan, bread and buns, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; Robertson,, bread, shoes; Shannon and Glen, bread, pies; Seymour, case of apples; Walter Bros., 561bs cocoa; West Coast Farmers’ Dairy Co., lOlbs butter; per Blanket Ball, cakes and tins of fruit; Mrs Oxenham, parcel of clothing; Mrs C. Haglund, parcel of clothing; Whole-, sale Boot Co., pair of shoes; InterWanganui Dairy Co., box of butter; Grey Valley Collieries, Ltd., 5 tons lOcwt of coal; anonymous, parcel of baby clothes; anonymous, case of apples; anonymous, men’s clothing.