LACK OF WORK

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11383, 8 December 1930, Page 5

LACK OF WORK

POSITION AS TO SINGLE MEN

MANY TO BE RELEASED FROM

RELIEF-WORKS

i!,’ - (Press. Association.).. WELLINGTON, Dec. 7. The, -statement by the Mayor of i- Nelson that .the -Government had, | handed ":overA the,, responsibility for dealing with the unem- . pioyment question to the Unemploy- • merit Board, and that it bad-paid off c alt men on-relief; works, was.-refuted by the Minister for Public Works, in • a.' statement on Saturday. He said [ the suggestion , made- was. entirely contrary.-to'fact'. The Minister ex-- ' plSirigd that ,the provision ofyemploy- ; merit for men. on GQvemmerit relief ’ works was still being attended to by himself., and r other members -qf the Cabinet > Employment'.Committee, although the committee would only be too pleased to - receive!. suggestions : from;the iUnemployment' Board. He also explained that the Cabinet Employment Committee was of; the op- ; iriionfcthat, at this time of the year, ; when , seasonal work is; or- should ■ shortly, bei available, the period of . continuous, employment of single men on relief warlcs .should be limited to about three months. Dealing specially with the Nelson-Marihorough district, (Mr Taverner stated that it had been decided to dispense with the of -about 100 single men who . had- been employed on relief works in that- distinct- for over four month's and fill the resultant vacancies with other, men from Nelson, Marlborough and Wellington, who had been: without work for several months and were, consequently, in very straitened circumstances. This notion, in addition to distributing government ; relief among a larger number of unemployed,, would release .physically fit'men ;who would he available for farming, -and agric-ul- , tural work in the. district..

TNRULY WORKLESS

UGLY SCENE IN CHRISTCHURCH.

POLICE USE FORCE

(Press Association.)

CHRISTQJIURCH, Dec. 6. An ugly scene developed in Cathedral Square this morning when the police ordered a meeting of unemployed to be- broken up. A (struggle tp.ok place - between two or three constables and the •unemployed leader when the latter persisted in attempting to address the gathering, of over 300 men. Other- constables then had to use force to keep the crowd hack. Finally the leaders of tho men decided to change the place of meeting, and some of them marched-to Victoria Square, . where the gathering was fairly orderly. A banner carried by the jnen r.ead: ‘-‘Fools Starve, Men Fight—Work or Wages .”

XMAS RELIEF WORK

UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD’S SUBSIDY OF £25,000.

APPLICATIONS. APPROVED TOTAL £19,356.

(Iff’pss Association.)

WELLINGTON; Dec. 6. . As a result- of the Unemployment Board’s offer to local authorities of subsidies up to a. total of £25,000 on a,basis of £2 for £1 as, a special expediency measuje for the relief of unemployment over the Christmas season _ a number of applications have been received. -.Up to yesterday the board had made allocations amounting to £19,356, which- have been approved by the Finance Minister. The hoard is onlv recommending subsidies on works carried out with money derived from other than Government sources.