UNEMPLOYMENT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 12 April 1922, Page 5

UNEMPLOYMENT

INCREASING AT ('HRISTCinmCH (By Telegraph—Special to Mail)-

CHTHST'CH URCH, This Day

Unemployment in tin? city has become much worse, particularly in certain skilled trades, and avoiding to trades union secretaries and others there is a, great, deal of actual distress. “I oncountered one case yesterday, ’ said one man “where a family of six were absolutely without a bite of food in the house for (he evening meal.'' In tho engineering trade many concerns are working short time, and with reduced staffs. A Sun representative was informed that many men are receiving a grant up to 10s a week front their union as unemployment pay, hut this includes only iite.'proportion who are classed as full members of the union. In (lie building trade then 1 is much unemployment and largo numbers of general labourers are out of work. It appears In lie among the last named section that I here, is most distress. In the clothing trade conditions arc fair and there has been a good deal ITT work oilering for t he Easter trade.

The position is much worse than it was at’ i-liis period last year, -is the opinion of Mr S. E. Marshall, unemployment officer of the Canterbury Repatriation Department. Mr Marshall said the position has become had in the past few weeks, hut. fortunately he lias just been .able to place a. number of men at the Otiva, and this hits brought the number of unemployment on his books down to 60. Included in this total are 16 cases of badly disabled men, six of whom are minus a birth. One man lias 40 wounds. There are 35 lahoiirel'Spon his list.