UNEMPLOYMENT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21694, 12 July 1932, Page 8

UNEMPLOYMENT

No. 4 DISTRICT The No. 4 district .depot (next to the South Dunedin Town Hall) is the official centre under the Mayor’s district relief system for the unemployed residents m St. Clair, South Dunedin, and Caversham. All citizens of the district desirous of contributing towards relief are asked to send their donations to their own local depots in order to assist distress in their own district first. The district secretary desires to acknowledge the following donationsCadbury Fry and Hudson (biscuits), Donald Stuart (tea), Co-operative Dairy (milk), Donaldson’s, Ritchie’s, Peacock’s, Grimmett’s, MTntyre’s, Godfrey’s, Pearsons, and the Kitchenette (cakes), Hop, Jong and Co. and the Fern Fruit Company (fruit), Wootton’s (free loan of crockery and utensils), John Edmond, Ltd. (donation of crockery), Dawsons, Ltd. (crockery), The Horseshoe (crockery). Mrs Keen (clothing), W. Stewart (boots), D. Leathly (pram), “S. H.” (clothing), four parcels per the Rev. Mr Brown; WORK FOR TO-DAY The following groups will commence at 8 a.m. to-day under the Works Department: —74, Wakari road, top of Fulton road; 90, Asquith street, at South road; 309, Wakari road, top of Fulton road; 533, Wharf street, at French street; 534, Wharf street, at French street. WAIPAHI CAMP The overseer of the single men’s camp at Waipahi acknowledges the following donations from Messrs Chas. Begg and Co., Ltd. —One box of gramophone needles, one parcel of records, repairs to gramophone, and a parcel of reading matter. The Broadway Clothing Company has offered to clean and press any clothing sent in to the depots at a small charge for the material used) 1 the work being done free of cost. )' - ' ; THE No. 5 SCHEME MEN MAY SEEK OTHER WORK.. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, July 11.. Unemployed men who obtain work in their spare time while employed under the No. 5 scheme are not penalised by the Unemployment Board, according to Mr R* T. Bailey, officer in charge of the Labour Department at Christchurch. He stated at a meeting of the Citizens Unemployment Relief Committee today that the men were made to stand down not for accepting casual work, but fhr not. being honest with the department concerning the amount they were earning. Mr Bailey said that the board had laid it down that money provided under the No. o scheme was not for wages, but for relict. The board sought to encourage mcn to look for work. THE RATION SCHEME * CONFERENCE IN CHRISTCHURCH. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, July 11. “ That this meeting of representatives of local bodies and societies assisting in relief matters ask the Minister" of Employment and the Unemployment Board to furnish full particulars of the scheme for granting relief to registered unemployed who are in need of rations. After hearing a statement by the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr D.. G. Sullivan, M.P.) relative to the non-success of^ his efforts in Wellington and Christchurch to get particulars of the Unemployment Board’s ration scheme, a conference held to-night carried the foregoing resolution. Mr Sullivan said he had tried all available sources—The Minister, members of the board (the chairman not being available), and officials of the Labour Department. None would give him information without the authority of the board or the Minister. The conference was called to discuss the position which had arisen in the city in respect to the operation of the Government’s ration scheme. The fact was, said Mr Sullivan, very few seemed to be getting relief under this scheme, and many people who . had been receiving rations from the Hospital Board were at their wits’ end because no relief was forthcoming from the Government. • MEN FOR FORESTRY CAMPS (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, July 11. Forty men will be despatched by the Employment Bureau to-night to the forestry camp at Rotorua, and 15 will be sent to the Nelson camps to-morrow night. UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS PROBLEM OF FINDING WORK. (Per United Press Association.) PALMERSTON N, June 11. At a. meeting of social organisations interested in the problem of finding employment for boys it was decided to call a North Island conference to be held at Palmerston North to formulate a national policy. It was stated that at the present time there were about 20,000 youths on the labour market, and if they were not to bo deprived of their national inheritance immediate remedies must be adopted. It was amazing that the State which asserts the right to educate the child should now, in the crucial period of the child’s hie, be bankrupt of ally policy for grappling with the problem. As no constructive policy was forthcoming, it behoved all classes of employees, employers, trade organisations, unions, and parents to get together to deal with the problem.