THE UNEMPLOYED

Grey River Argus, 4 May 1932, Page 5

THE UNEMPLOYED

LEADER GAOLED. CHRISTCHURCH, May 3. On a < harg,- of inciting lawlessness Herbert Edwin Barnsley, an unem ployed leader (who had suggested a .march by the unemployed to Cheviot to the farm of the Prime Minister), was sentenced to six weeks’ hard lair our. Magistrate Mosley raid that the h'orees-of law and order ndl-t be mainpained a.td will be .maintained deapit! .the ebullitions of .- few irresponsible people. Tiiore are a few who do not abide by the laws of the country made | for cur guidance and protection, and iwe must see that they are not impaired. The punishment given ac-<n-ed will not be mads exemplary. Barnsley Js aged 52 and had indicated that he intended appealing The charge on which he was convicted related to a suggestion by him for I a hunger-march to the Prime Minister’s farm at Cheviot. A second charg was dismissed

Very Appropriate MR. COATES’S MINISTERIAL, TITLE. WELLINGTON, May S. An interesting change has been unobtrusively effected in the title of the Ministerial portfolio, associated with the relief of unemployment. Previously, Mr Coates has been known as the Minister-in-charge of Unemployment. Tn future he will appear as Minister of Unemployment. It Eis understood that Mr Coates considers that as the main function of the (portfolio is the provision of work, the Iresignation should be positive rathe (than negative.