UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22020, 1 August 1933, Page 14

UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

LOCAL ACTIVITIES ST. KILDA DEPOT The Mayor of St. Kilda (Mr .1. Beattie) wishes to thank the commercial travellers for the successful result of their drive, and also the residents of St. Kilda, who so heartily responded with donations of clothes, boot.j and goods;. From 10 till 11.30 this morning the depot will be open to the unemployed for the sale of jam at 3d per bottle. Goods aud vegetables will be free. One bottle of jam* will be given to each person. This evening, between 6.30 and 7.30, there will be a free distribution of men's clothing to the unemployed of St. Kilda. Ladies' clothing and shoes will be distributed later in the week when the depot has been cleared of the men's clothing. Applicants for relief are requested to bring their own wrappers and bags. 'THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST. Previouslv acknowledged .. £209 17 3 J. K. .. .. 22 0 £3Ol 19 (3 MOSGIEL/S COMPLAINT Two representatives of the Mosgiel unemployed waited on the Taieri River Trust yesterday and pointed out the hardship experienced through receiving a smaller allocation than was being paid in other centres. —The trust expressed willingness to co-operate with the other local bodies in protesting to the Unemployment Board,' and asking that the local workers be put on the same basi3 of payment as "Dunedin men, and ,that a locality allowance on a four-mile radius be granted.