THE UNEMPLOYED
POSITION AT CHRISTCHURCH HUNDREDS OUT OF WORK (By Telegraph—Special to “The Mail") CHRISTCHURCH, Bth January. Hundreds of men are out of work in Christchurch at the present time and there seems to be no immediate prospect of an easing of the situation. The weekly totals of registrations at the Government Employment Bureau average between 300 and 400 and there are many more workless who do not register either from disinclination or from lack of the will to do so. Despite excellent work being done by the hospital board and other organisations, and the generosity of private citizens to help to relieve matters, considerable real distress is in evidence among: the poor families of the city. Although no cases of actual starvation are known ot there are cases where conditions are ill most as serious in homes where food in even actual sufficiency is not available. Single men have a worse time than the married ones, who get preference in the way of relief. Unmarried men for the most part live from hand to mouth, picking up odd jobs here and there.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 9 January 1929, Page 4
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183THE UNEMPLOYED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 9 January 1929, Page 4
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