N.Z. UNEMPLOYED

Grey River Argus, 16 December 1930, Page 5

N.Z. UNEMPLOYED

» A Ntw RECORD Latest Increase (Per A Presar Association.) ACCKILaND, December 15. There waA an increase of 1592 over th<' previous- week’s total in the number of unemployed rvgistor’pd in Now Zealand for the week, ended December St Lu. to a statement issued bv tae Minister of Labour. Hon. S. G. Smith; The latest week 4 s total was 9G30, lhe highest ,figtires since the records of registration have' been kept. Details of .registrAtionn at the Labour Bureaux am] Post Offices with the prevhAis week’s figures in parentheses, arq asi follow-**: — Auckland '2025 (-2329). Wellington 1221 (1200). Christchurch 1671 (1389). Duneflip 742, ,( Invercargill 213 (184). ' 9f*|fhq r i,/Agist rations for the five ma?.i conf es, 3712 are of men with dependents-, abiO of men without dependents. Greymouth Committee •f . • MEETING ON THURSDAY. It is proposed to call at Greymouth on -Thursday evening a meeting o' representatives of local bodies, labour employers and Gt hets interested for the formation of a Local Committee under the Unemployment Act.. .Particulars .of the ?appeai made by the 1 Unemployment llpard • for . thosi/ c,Qmmittce.->, yo.’tprdny reached Mr F. G. Davies, Greymbuth Officer of Dephf-tment. who Kuumminieat-ed with the Member for the Distiict, Mr Jas. O’Bric‘a, and learned fbarf.'it proposed to hoj.d a meeting to-morrow evening in order to form a Lociil Committee, but the M^yoj, x Mr J. W. Gjeenslade, had been obliged l t‘o puy h Vimt' fd 'ChristciiMTcb. and it had thus been - decided to hold the meeting on Thursday at the Municipal' Chaiirhe:s, tvheii the Mayor would be able to qiresidet yMr O’Brien is also co-operating in the niatt6r. ’ Mr Davies stutee, t ’-cre are .about tifty legDtefed as unehqiloyed at liis ollie6' herp at ,x present v , ifrut tyis {number is ‘.io(, reprsenetative of the real position, -rher'd dicing in the milling in-dustry-alync'SOmejJmndrpda. of men at present out ’of employment. It is deT sirable Wfat’.all of those unemployed who would take advantage of work that a Local_ (Jjiinmittoe c-u’-d provide should at once register, either at the Labour Office, in tin*-. Gover-umqnt building, Mawhbr'i Quay, Lreymbhfh, or at the Post in their respective localities, a.-’ the Postmasters are co-operating i n tl.i., matter where there is ‘-io branch of the Labour Department. The Boarj desires the Local Committee to include representatives of Hospital Board, religious bodies, all social organisations assisting in the relief of unemployment -or of distress ari'ing therefrom , the Farmers’ Unions, tl.e Returned Soldiers’ -organisations, an ( | the employers’ and workers’ organisations. The Committee is to collect infQrniatic‘l as to unemployment; organise individual effort by the citizens .so as to fmd ..teniporarv JY.orli, eyvj). if_Qidy fc fo. a. few (Jays, • n funus. gatilens, -n'r similar avenues;, and to co-operate with the existing local social to administer relief. In the tow*.i gardening, wood chopping, section clearing, subsoil drainage and trenching, and clerical work are the kinds of work to be subsidised by 7s per day, making the wage 14s. In the country teo work is *to be stone clearing, stumping, drain ng, fenriMg, rush grubbing • andburning, gorse and weed grubbing, cutting and spraying; and scrql) cutting. and similar work; also .ploughing and harrowing after clearing only; Ordinary harvestitig is not included. The Labour Department; ropresonta--1 live w:’-l work with the• committee in ! all undertakings.

A CHRISTMAS EON. TOR AUSTRALIAN WORKLESS. MLLBOURNH. YJocemb>r 15..' It is understood that, the Federal Government is prep^riM' 1 a Christmas box iur the-, .£50.000 Joi Allocation among* the:-, vari oiis states’ 7£ being'yet aside 'f'or this purpose. COUNTY RETRENCHMENT. TE AROTIA. December 15. Pinko County Council, which has already reduced its staff and administrative costs well below ~Eh<‘se of neighbouring counties, decided on further economies to-day, when rhe wages and salaries were reduced al rqupcL T‘ ! s\ <'u.-ii:il worker-; ’ rate? w.'re reduced - fjom I-I’ Gfl to 14s; those of the Foreman and otheis (get ti‘.ig 17s 2d nor day) to IGs; and the engineering and clerical staff were re dueed 10 cent. The Chairmar for.vguey 1 11. *hy£Ora ri.iu^v'^U l,ll Councillors -theft trayolTing expenses for thfee mouths. : ''i ’ I , ; y ;