"HAND IN YOUR MONEY."

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15873, 12 July 1922, Page 7

"HAND IN YOUR MONEY."

«A txM& LESS OF MORNING TEA *Tf~ S TUNT."

ANGLICAN SYNOD'S ATTITUDE

WELLINGTON, June B.—The unemjloyment problem was discussed by the Wellington Diocesan Synod. The Rev. T. Feilden Taylor said men, women and children were suffering great hardship- He knew of many instances in which married men with wives and little ones had been out of work for at least five months. During the past four months he had been doing allj he could to secure work for unemployed. He thought it would only be necessary to make an appeal to the church people to secure their co-opera-tion in the relief of distress. He suggested:—(l). That they might support the fund opened by the' Mayor. (2) That church members should make offers of a half envy's or a day's employment in cleaning windows, cutting lawns, tidying! gardens etc. (3) That urgent cases of distress should be reported to the relieving authorities. There were at least 600 men out of work in Wellington and he believed the position was much the same in Palmerston North. He wished the resolution to apply to the whole diocese and not merely to the 'city. If only half the people offered work some small measure of relief would be afforded. After discussion, Mr. Taylor agreed to" an addition to his motion to the effect that the Government and local .bodies be urged to set up further relief work.

After further discussion the motion was carried in the following form : "That this Synod views with deep sympathy ■ the present distress caused to many Jby unemployment and rejoices to see flPpefforts which are being made by the and public bodies, and hopes that more may be done in this direction, and also urges church members to • o-operate as far as possible in all efforts to relieve such distress."

Mr. Taylor stated that he understood the Mayor was prepared to open immediate" relief works if the public would pay for them. "I want to see church members get rid of a little more of the morning tea stunt and hand in their money." He also suggested that church members should be appealed to to increase the vicar's private poor fund.