PORT CHALMERS NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21431, 4 September 1931, Page 3

PORT CHALMERS NEWS

PERSONAL The many friends of Mr E. Head, piermaster at Port Chalmers, will re- 1 gret to learn that he is confined _to the Dunedin Hospital after undergoing 1 a serious operation on Tuesday night, j It was reported yesterday that Mr Head j was fairly comfortable, but he is still in n very weak, condition. * WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES There has been no work offering on the waterfront at Port Chalmers this week, and the waterside workers arc experiencing a lean period in consequence. All the berths at the wharves where vessels discharge and load are vacant, and there will be little, if any, waterfront work offering until the steamer Maimoa arrives early next week from New Plymouth. This vessel will be in port about two days, and will load frozen meat and dairy produce for England. There is little activity about the docks and marine repair works, as no ships have been docked lately, and no large ship repair work has been offering. The Union Company’s intercolonial passenger steamers Marama and Maheno occupy laid-up berths at the company’s wharf, RAINFALL FOR AUGUST The rainfall registered at Port. Chalmers for the month of August was 4.78 inches, rain falling on 17 days. The fall was the heaviest recorded for August for several years. The rainfall for July was 2.93' inches. The total fall for the eight concluded months of this year was 27.92 inches. UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE A meeting of the Port Chalmers Unemployment Committee was held yesterday afternoon. Mr W. Lunn presided. „ Two cases which had been held Over at the previous mooting wore reconsidered. It was decided that owing to the small amount of money allocated no action, could be taken at present in the way of removing the restriction. It was reported that the registrations at the present moment numbered 277, as against 272 two weeks ago. The question of eligibility of fishermen for relief was- raised. The certifying officer pointed out that as fishermen were in business on their own account, they were not eligible. If they do-, sired to register as unemployed, they must lie up their boats and go out of business. The unemployment relief schemes wero for wage earners only. A request from the men employed on relief works at Sawyers’ Bay for representation on the Port Chalmers Unemployment Committee was agreed to, At the request of the men, Mr R. D. Poison was appointed their representative. It was reported that the amount allocated for relief workers for the week ending on September 12 was £202 for the centre. A sub-allocation of £SO had been made to the Wnikoualti men employed at Sawyers’ Bay, leaving £l3l for expenditure by the Port Chalmers Borough Council. The amount allocated for the week ending September 19 was £IOB for the centre.