HELP FOR UNEMPLOYED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19349, 9 June 1926, Page 14

HELP FOR UNEMPLOYED.

HARBOUR BOARD PROPOSAL. QUARRY MAY BE OPENED. WORK FOR ONE HUNDRED MEN. The • question • of' opening the HarbourBoard quarry at Rangitoto for the purpose of providing employment was recently suggested by Mr. T. Bloodworth. The Works Committee paid a visit last Friday to the area, proposed to be reclaimed west of the Western Breakwater and to the Rangitoto quarries. In a report to the board yesterday the committee said it was strongly of opinion the embankments for the western reclamation should be immediately proceeded with. This work, which would absorb about 58,000 cubic yards of stone, would involve the opening of the quarries, thus giving employment to and housing for 100 men for about seven months. It was a matter for investigation whether the board would be warranted in opening the quarries for this work alone when the cost of opening up and closing them down was taken into consideration. Tho alternative was the purchase of the necessary stone by contract. Should the board decide to proceed also with the protecting wall of the boat harbour about 150,000 cubic yards of stone would be required for that work. These two works would keep the quarries going for about two years. In addition, the committee suggested the board might be prepared to sell its surplus stone and crushed metal to local bodies for roadmaking purposes. This the board was empowered to do. Metal chips would also be available for any pile-making and concrete work which the board might authorise, but it would not be advisable to open the quarries for this alone. The alternath T e would be the purchase of shingle by contract. , The report was deferred for consideration at a special meeting of the board in committee to be held to-day. THE MEN OUT OF WORK. TOTAL EXCEEDS A THOUSAND. 157 ENGINEERS UNPLACED. The unemployed on the combined city registers number well over 1000. The Amalgamated Engineers' Union, which keeps a separate list, placed three men in employment yesterday—a fitter, a turner and a sheet metal worker. Its list now numbers 157. Information received by the union yesterday, however, indicated that three more of its members were out of work in Hamilton. All three are immigrants, who' arrived by the Mahana a week ago from England.