THE UNEMPLOYED. TO THE EDITOR,

Otago Witness, Issue 1024, 15 July 1871, Page 2

THE UNEMPLOYED. TO THE EDITOR,

Sib— Not wishing to see a reaction of the unemployed meetings again, 1 beg to call tße attention of the Government to the faofc that both town and country are swarming with unemployed able-bodied men, not knowing which way to go to seek employment, because of the present depressed state of the labour market. Nearly all the cattings on the Chit ha Railway are stopped until the culverts are erected, which makes matters worse, because these men who worked on those outtingß have come to town, and they are owelling the numbers of the unemployed If t may venture my opinion on the subject, I think it is highly expedient that the Government, in order to prevent any more demonstrations of the unemployed, should extend the operations of the Ciutha Railway as far as the Taieri, or engage the unemployed at 53 per day, and send them, to Manuka Creek.— l am, &0., R. A;

General Bombrowaky, the renowned leader of the Parisian army of insurrection, is described aa a little, nnimposing man, with a oommon face, thin, light hair, and weanng gold Bpectacles. He resembles a German student more than a general. General Cluseret, to whom the organisation of the Commune was due in a great meaeure, is described by the New York World as follows : "In appearance Cluseret is rathex' above the middle height, of erect, muscular build, and very soldierly appearance. Hia complexion i 8 Bwarthy, with knit eyebrows, and a squareness of the lower jaw that imparts to his features an expression of atera determination,"