UNEMPLOYMENT

Grey River Argus, 15 June 1933, Page 3

UNEMPLOYMENT

Mayor’s Appeal ' The Mayor (Mr J. W. Greenslade) vestci (la \- stated that, the position of 1 the Mayor’s Relief of Distress Fund was causing the committee eonsider- ' rble anxiety. It was, he stated, now 1 at a very low ebb, and if the relief depot ami boot repairing depot were t<> bi' carried on, then the fund would have to be supplemented at an early date. To carry on the relief of distress successfully, approximately £lOO per month would be needed, but at ’ the present time the Committee wr.s spending considerably less than that, on account of the weak position of the fund. Cobden was now included in the benefits, and this had noxv in- ( ] eased the unemployed workers by fort v-sex en, making a total of approximately two hundred men and their families Io be catered for. Even on a basis of £lOO per month, it would readily be seen that the benefits received from the fund by each unemploved would be only a few shillings. r |'he fund was being distributed strictly on business lines, with no overlapping in any way, and in as equitable a manner ;>.s possible. Full information xvas regularly given to the public with regard to the position of I the fund, and its gent'ral working, and H was noxx- for Hip public to say whether the object was xvorthy and whether it should be continued. In the meantime, in order to get some funds the Committee wp..s organising a street collection for Saturday next. About a thousand badges had been printed, and he was calling a meeting for this aflernoon. of ladies xvilling tn act in the capacity of collectors. Further, on Monday next, an organised effort would be made, and a thorough cauxass of Hip business area carried out. The area had been divided into blocks and the collectors will be Messrs A. A. Adams. A. J. Fairmaid. I’. G. Davies , ami J. W. Greenslade (members of (he Committee;, and Messrs J. AleGinley and 11. Lane. Lists had been posted tn business firms who were employing labour, and it is the Committee’s wish that omplovers should take the matter Up with their employees, and have the lists ready for the collectors when they call on Monday. The Committee were, hopeful, in this way. of collecting sufficient money to enable it to carry on until the i-arnixal evenliiaied. He had alreadx' gix’en considerable lime and i thought to the proposed carnival, a.nd had been in touch xvith various people and organisations with a view t" | bringing the scheme into being. The proposed date for the carnival \\ as the ’end of July, or the first week m I August. There would be a meeting of 'the tentative executive, this week, to ’discuss various proposals. and next week a general meeting would be called. to form committees. The general routine of the scheme, in the meantime. was that the different committees would work on behalf of the prospective stalls, so that everything would be in readiness for the final efII ix proposi'il that the carnival (~> enntinuej fur two or tlm-o diiys. ill tin' To tv ii Hall, tho stall comprising sewing ami Grapery, cakes ami sweets, proilm-e ami (lowers anil onneral goo.ls; also si.losbows and nitlslitems. He was also writing to the - ~|,.r g v of the various denominations, 1,ri07 to the carnival, asking them to r refer to tin’ .Mayor's llel'u'l ot Dts- > tress Fund, and ropiest parishioners . every elTorl in Ibis cotmection. . If lhev eoiisidere.l Hint Hie cause was worthy. That help was needed, he considered, could nut be gainsaid. For . insli'iiee, the earnings of the uneni- . ploye.l workers this week, which was . ihe stand-down neck, were 7s (id tor ■_ two-day men. 10s for three-day men, ; an,l Ail for four-day men, and the averO vor a month mild not be more I llm,, £1 per week for married men. It Ju,ml,l readily be seen Hull help must I 1,,, furl heoming, if lb'' women and children were to receive Hie ordinary necessaries of life. Hr made the app,.,l ...mlidently. While recognising ■ 11,,, many calls that have been made '' m, the public recently, lie was sldl Jlmpelnl Hull the generosity of the YVest ('nasi people would again bo demonstrated. II would be a.pproxitimte]y twelve months, next month, since, lime initialed the appeal which re wilted in (he raising of over £lOOO for llm Mayor’s Fund. BOOT SUPPLIES READY. WELLINGTON, June 1-1. Supplies of bools for relief workers ,m,lm- Hie lirsl orders placed with , Hrnnufm-lnrers by Hie Unemployment. Bmir.l, .-no beginning Io come to hand i,ml, the work of distributing tlioni Io 1 ,ri,ms centres is commencing. | Tlii- task is of seine magnitude and 1,, view of the Board's desire to provide for Um most necessitous 'eases tirst. others who are eligible wilt have Io be patient and wait till sutli- . ~1,.,,. supplies are available to enable .;, general (list ri but ion to be made. It • |S ’’expected tlml within a month the .list ribution w ill lie w ell under way.