THE UNEMPLOYED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 215, 21 July 1864, Page 4

THE UNEMPLOYED.

To the Editor of the New Zealand Heuald. gut,—As a working _ man who, for the last months, has been working tinder Mr. Ccllett; on tramway, I beg to say on behalf of myself and ninftg' and may say for hundreds more, that we cannot employment in Auckland or about it. Although there are rumours of railway wo, ks commencing shortly, .we are not in a position to w;tit for thorn, j; think that if the Government and the leading men of Auckland were to unite in furthering the interests of the colony, there would not be so many lounging about the streets and the wharf as there are :tt th e present time. T know there a few hundred miners who could show what the coimtry is woith, with respect to its mineral resources, if they were patronised by the above. "When I left Sydney it was, or had been, i u the same position as if is now-. The Government hud plenty of work to perform, but were careless as re-gai-ds its commencement. No less than "2000 men were literally starving, and I was not much letter than tho rest, when Henry Allen, (j AU"n Wi'.liunis us ho is called —the ah-iIL-her of the track system in Victoria, and who was then holding meetings in Sydney on a like afiair—took the whole ot the unemployed to the Government Buildings and cot all those work who were willing, at a much less rate th in it would have been obtained by other contr.ictors, and, I am sure, we could be employed in the same manner here. I saw Mr. Allen in town thi3 morning, and also Mr. liaiidal!, the I>;;il-.\ay Contractor from Sydney. Let the working class live, and you give them a chance to bo useful in the future welfare of this colony. By inserting the above you will oblige Your obdt. servants, John Thevok and Mate:, Hobson-street, June 20, 1804.