UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF.
DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL
ACTION BY GOVERNMENT.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN. Monday. It is announced that the Government has taken steps to relieve the unemployment position in Dunedin by providing immediate employment for 150 men. The Public Works Department will employ 120 men, mainly on road improvement work, and the Forestry Department will absorb 20. In addition to work being provided for the unemployed in Dunedin, the Public Works Department will engage 30 men at lnvercargill on work for the Southland district.
PROVISION AT TE AROHA.
SUBSCRIPTIONS BY PUBLIC
[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] TE AROHA, Monday.
At a special meeting of the Te Aroha Borough Council the Mayor, Mr. R. Coulter, said public subscriptions to the unemployment fund totalled £IOO. A benefit football match, organised by the Piako Rugby Union for the relief of distressed families in the Piako playing area, realised £4O.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19698, 26 July 1927, Page 8
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