WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20385, 14 October 1929, Page 12

WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED.

ROADS IN WHANGAREI.

COMPLAINT MADE BY COUNCIL

[BY TELEGRAriI.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WHANGAHEI, Sunday,

Following upon representations made by the Whangarei County Council, tho Minister of Public Works advised the council at a meeting at tho woek-end that ho had obtained a special report regarding unemployment in North Auckland. Since April 1 over 400 men in North Auckland had been provided with employment on Government relief works, and over 250 of these had been placed during tho past tv;o months.

The employment of an additional 20 men from Whangarei appeared sufficient for tho presont, said tho Minister, and ho had authorised id men being placed on tne Whangarei Heads Road and 10 on the Kiripaha-Ngunguru Road. Fifty unemployed miners from Hikurangi are also being placed on the latter work.

When tho Minister's letter was read Mr, Hayward said he had hoped that some men would bo placed on tho Kaigooso Road.

Tho chairman said it appeared to be anothor matter in which tho wishes of tho council had been side-tracked. It was decided that tho necessity of putting the unemployed men on the threo roads named be again brought to tho notice of tho Minister.

BELIEF FOR WAIHI MEN. ABSORBING ' URGENT CASES. [CY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WAIHI, Sunday. Tho Mayor of Waihi has been advised that 12 of' tho Waihi unemployed will bo placed on tho Matangia Road formation works in about a week's time. This will absorb the most urgent cases. The works will be within easy distance of Waihi.

GANG SENT FROM AUCKLAND.

ROAD WORK NEAR CAMBRIDGE.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

CAMBRIDGE, Sunday

About 50 unemployed men from Auckland passed through Cambridge at tha wook-ond on their way to work on tho Ivarapivo section of the Auckland-Rotorua main highway, about seven miles from Cambridge. This' length of road from beyond tha Karapiro factory to tho crossroads, has long been a nightmare to careful motorists, being among the most tortuous on tho whole length of tho highway. It was recently surveyed and the gang's task ia to straighten it by cutting back sevotnl of the hairpin corners and-widening other parts. The Public Works Department, besides finding work for the unemployed, is making much-needed improvements in carrying out tho general policy of thfe Highways Board to mako the arterial roads safer for the rapidly-increasing traffic. The number of men is shortly to bo augmented to 100.