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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 24 September 1909, Page 4

The unemployed difficulty is. fast passing '•; away,, remarked the Mayor of ■ Wellington, Dr. Newman, when discussing the'question' with a representative of ' "The' IKSniinion." The relief works, which were instituted in the depth of the winter, have now practically ceased, less than a. dozen men being : employed by the Relief Committee at .the present time. : Practically the whole of tne money subscribed towards the relief .works has been expended, but it has served ita purpose, ana tided many heedymen over the slack winter perioa.i rDr ' Newman states that what with the -money, subscribed by citizens,* and; the special works put in .hand by the . City Council, and the £ for £. subsidy given by, the Government for the .work at Victoria College, about £4500 has .been expended. No money was distributed' in charity, the whole. of the subscriptions being disbursed "for work actually , done. ■ Thew are. -a'Mtl ■'% number of unemployed' in the city, many of them having wives and families/Jjut a "copsßdarable*.iinmber;of young men have recently left the city to seek] employment in the country^ and the tanks of the workless hive been fur> ther thinned by a number Jof men leaving for Sydney during the past eight or "»M» weeks. The corporation haa * torgej number bf men employed,' aad likewise, the .Harbour Board, whie.h i" at present engaged on construeAiog worf»7sTKthe*t_ the shipping trade, of the port is beginning '"brisk. up,'*, and next month fias, wool, and hemp, will be coining, in- •' to the city in' large quantities, and will engage an increased number of hands. The building, trade also shows sesae. sigaa -of improvement, several large hqiidinfja being in' course of ee]astruotien, .whilst a number of small houses are. also* being erected. Bricks are how cheaper than th.cv have been for a considerable tun* past, and timber is somewhat lower,whilst contractors are keen to get work. The. result is that house building. is how: cheaper than it has-been, for a long time. "Altogether," concluded Dr Newman^ "the' prospects have' brightened cqgsid_\ erably." . '■ ~ "". ' SErnai-mcat .. .