TWO SAD CASES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12609, 25 June 1904, Page 4

TWO SAD CASES.

Thr ehainnan of ths Auellaiid CaafitSHß Aid Board t Supplied- a H.fcftAii) report** yesterday with detail* of two application* for charitable* aid which he describe! ii illnstrativa of tills sadder side of f trad** unionism, In the firiifc case a Woman Willi four yotttiij childiefl applied for charitabil* Aid. Her story, 'tMcfld the Board, end <l¥ Verified gs the Beard's officials, was fa* fot. ~ lows: — mt hfistianc'l died id Nfewtattlii,, New South Wales, iibbutjUi months agW She belonged to New Zealand; and has a brother hi Auckland, a young s unman kd man. After the -leilh of her husband feet ■ » brother Wrote to hfc? BuggeilLtt| [ that sh» • should hsttira to New Sealandi ahdtrtuiii teerihg to do his best to hfcjp her with In* J £ children- He sett monty fej pay her f>*i» sage, and she landed iii Auckland some j seven or sight ititfhtliS ego* and had livt& f With bet- brother and her widowed mother w since. Quite recent]/, however, lief brother, who is a saddler, was; told by his employisr - " that his serviees would be ho longer Hl* |j dtiired, a* he could it'll earn the union, rat* ..:". of pay, vie., £2 a* a week !The jff&ftg , : man expressed his willingness to earn whirt '. ■ ■ he could, and was offered" £2 2sr.a Week, -♦, but the union would irofc grant hint a permit to work for leas than the £$ Si, Will the result chat fee lost .his employment, .aid ,\>' : '• bin widowed >M* applied for relief to 'tit,'. W> Charitable Aid Board, the Board considered the ' ens, a very, hard one, and' ' | granted ration* lor the woman and childiiW I and rent for her lioiiiie. - . ?, The other case Was that Of., a mail !>*. , WA tweaa 60 and 70 year, of «ge, described by ; Mr. Garland it a very respectable' Hal* A ■ : carpenter by" trade. -m came to New' fen* land last year wit a little money, and for ;r ] a time got odd jobs to do, but erentdfcUr Ml. out of work, and bad to pari with" hie sailings, Recently be Was told el employ* IUU a, a.rMpftler at 38s a Weti* "but when he went to the, job be was informs*! ; ; that be cbnld Hot gef thf WorIL as he wi» ■ -Vj not a member of ithfe union. ■ He offered to ' : '■& work for SOs or efih %£$ so long as ?| w -'i.i could get work id him to scrape * littte mono? tt>s«tJitT to go back to his wifa in. Vict6ri&. til* bunder wv7witbV lid "• employ him, but Mroutd not rau the risk Of a fin* for a ; breach of the -awaW.- . tilt ; v'.: Beard in the.\dttUmilUttCes, felt bound lo - J ' J give the applicant some temporary reli«t.' ■&■ ===== ■-:„■:-::£ -d