WINTER WORK FUND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIV, Issue 10704, 13 July 1895, Page 6

WINTER WORK FUND.

The receipt of the following subscriptions to the above fund is acknowledged

Subscriptions may he left at the City Council Office, any of the Borough Council offices. Press office or Lyttelton Times office. The Salvation Army Australian Guards’ Band, which is highly spoken of, will arrive here from the., north next week. Arrangements are being made for it to T,i‘oy on the Rotunda on Saturday afterTioon July 20, when a collection will be taken up in aid of the Winter Work Fund. Fifty men were put on yesterday afternoon to clear the snow off the streets. Yesterday about a dozen unemployed, chiefly belong ng to Southbrook, applied to the Mandevilla and Rangiora Road Board for work. The Board arrlngad a Quantity of relief work, and decided to forward £25 to the Charitable Aid Board to Be subsidiafd. At a meeting of the committee of the South Waimakariri River Board held vesterday, at which Messrs R. W. England, ta Taylor and J. C. Atkinson were present ’it was decided to find work for twelve men in planting, &0., on the Board’s reserves on the south bank of tha river Applications, as appears from an advertisement elsewhere, are to be made at the Board’s office at 2.30 on Monday aftera°Att *meeting of unemployed was held in tba primitive Methodist schoolroom. Tfltnuka. to take into consideration the Stress occasioned by want of work in the Patriot. There was a very good attendance including the Rev Mr Farley and Mr J- Talbot (chairman of the Temuka __ j Mr J# Ms Twomey wm B o°tad to tlm chair, and briefly explained TboAct relating to Governmentaabsidiesto local bodies and private subscriptions. Mr it Talbot also spoke at some length, exCessing bis surprise at the distress in the SScUbrongh scarcity of work. A comr r “.i Sl » f t° a 0 " 9ni “* next to select work.

£ a. d. Amount preiioasly acknowledged ... ••• 560 8 4 5 0 0 Help ... ••• i 1 0 "W.A. >v> ••• *•* 0 5 0 Total ••• ••• ■ 14 4 Acknowledged by the Mayor of 'Christchurch 276 3 11 Acknowledged by the Mayor of: St Alban# 27 18 6 Acknowledged by the Mayor of Woolaton ... ... • •• 47 8 2 Acknowledged by the Mayor of Sydenham ... ... ••• 7 5 0