CHRISTCHURCH UNEMPLOYED.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11871, 8 June 1909, Page 5

CHRISTCHURCH UNEMPLOYED.

tPer Press Association.) CHRIOTOHURaH/ this day. A uiificting of unemployod wa.s held' last night, when fifty attended. A'committee.' was set up to take, whatever st^ps they considered heccswii-y. to approach the' various local bodied m order to get them to put, in hand at once any work that could be. done, &> : a«. to- provide im : mediate employment , for. i>s_ many as l>c,iisible, , and to \trgo uyxin them the necsssity of doing .mtch work by day labor only- .'A denutAtirvn was set up to wait' upon local ■iM.P.'.s and this Premier, if possible, before he left for the Old Country, >and to preps upon • th&m the necessity of dealing at <ince vvith -the unemployed problenu A deiiut^tion vnis also !i,ppointerl "to. wait upon the Mayor to aiscortain the best method of approaching the City Cov\niil m order to get them to, put in .-hand, all work they, possiblycivulo. The ■ /L'^mmittco iirrangod n' plan of. campaign-t o )>e 'carried out fluring the neit few days. The Mayor has convpjied ". f ii- speciul 'meotinß of ths Works Com mitt c.» to consider the question of the -aiuem])loyed. • ' The - trjmmit'tfiii willb? .a.^lxed to tnke into consideration the possibility «f putting oii some men wht»,are at pre^nt jn want of.emf|pym<ent. The ■weatho.iv i« ■ ' fo-vof able for vvfoik beinsj pUtr m haiul, but Just at this time of tht year the Coim?:):lia.s not, a great clonl on hiind., , .