UNEMPLOYED IN SYDNEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12909, 4 July 1905, Page 5

UNEMPLOYED IN SYDNEY.

, —_——<e»___—_ ■■; i, LOSS ON RELIEF WORKS. DEMORALISATION Of LABOUR. By Telegraph,— Association.-'-CopyrigSir. ' ; (Received July i, 1 a.m.) ; "■■'■-: v'o\ • - Sydnet July 3. ■' '' The Public Service Board has issued a report in connection with- the inquiry into the working of the State labour bureau. ■ 'lb',shows that labour in New South Wales generally is in a condition of demoralisation. The men -have been: so propped, up and assisted that doubt is expressed -whether they . will ever get back to the labour conditions *' when a man, knew that he would have to, '■■' . give a fair day's work for a fair day's wage. Stone-breaking, as relief .work, has proved very expensive. ; The. expenditure has been nearly £67,000, and the loss has amounted to £26,000; and steamer and 1 railway tickets ! involved £89,000. The refunds amounted • I to £31,000, and the balance is irrecoverable. ;! ■■; The opinion is generally held that a large ' number of unemployed at present in the State are likely to suffer- considerable distress during the winter. ' . -' The Board recommends the abolishing of the Trades Hall branch of - the bureau, and that a central bureau be controlled by one Commissioner. ■ • ' . One witness stated that so unsatisfactory had the .labour supplied by the bureau proved, the central railway station had" cost 12. to 15 per cent; iaois than.it should 'have done. ! ■ • '' '"\