UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22295, 22 June 1934, Page 16

UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

♦ : LOCAL ACTIVITIES GROUPS TO REPORT. . The members of group 604 should report for work at 8 a.m. to-day at Woodhaugh Gardens. BOOT REPAIRING DEPOT The committee of the Dowling Street Boot Repairing Depot has been successful in obtaining some assistance from the Mayor's relief organisation towards the cost of operating the depot, and this will enable the committee to expend the balance in hand to greater advantage. As from yesterday the cost of repairs has been reduced to the old price of 6d per pair, and this will remain in force for the next three months. ST. KILDA DEPOT The Mayor's Relief Depot at St. Kildu has a small quantity of ladies and children's left-off clothing. This will be given out free this evening between 7 and 8 o'clock at the depot to the wives of registered unemployed men in St. Kilda. Applicants are requested to bring their registration cards and wrapping paper or receptacles to carry the goods away. ALLEGATION AGAINST LOCAL BODY MEN WRONGFULLY EMPLOYED. (Pee United Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, June 21. An allegation that a local body which he did not name was drawing monoy from the Unemployment Board under false pretences was made by Mr J. P. Whalen, representing the Relief Workers' Union, when the Minister of Employment (Mr Adam Hamilton) heard a deputation to-day. Mr Whalen said that relief workers were feeing employed at relief rates on many classes of work on which they could not rightfully be employed at relief rates. If that state of affairs were allowed to continue the unemployment problem would never be overcome. He also drew attention to the fact that some men held seats bolh on the local bodies and unemployment relief committees. The Minister noted the complaint, but made no comment.