UNEMPLOYMENT

Southland Times, Issue 20228, 13 July 1927, Page 6

UNEMPLOYMENT

THE MAYOR’S APPEAL A SPLENDID RESPONSE SUBSCRIPTIONS STILL BEING RECEIVED The Mayor of Invercargill has appealed to the public to subscribe to a fund to provide work for men who are now unemployed. The money paid into this fund will be subsidised £ for £ by the Government. Subscriptions may be left at the Southland Times Office or at the Town Hall and they will be acknowledged. The following sums are acknowledged from the Southland Times Office to date: —

It is stated that people living in the above borough cannot get work or relief from the Invercargill municipality fund. MEETING AT WELLINGTON. Wellington, July 12. A meeting of the unemployed to-day resolved to wait upon the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance and to march through the streets or Parliament buildings with the idea of impressing on the Government that the unemployed wanted wages at full trade union rates or full maintenance.

£ s. d. Southland Rugby Football Union 50 0 0 Invercargill Amateur Operatic Society .• .. 50 0 0 Invercargill Stock and Woolbrokers’ Association 25 0 0 Hon. A. F. Hawke, M.L.C. .. 20 0 0 Southland Times Staff .. .. 16 14 6 Management and Staff, Rosedale Woollen Mills 13 9 0 P. H. Vickery. Ltd 10 10 0 Macalister Bros 10 10 0 Southland Times Co., Ltd. .. 10 10 0 Fleming and Co. Ltd. .. .. .. 10 10 0 Royds Bros, and Kirk, Ltd. . 10 0 0 M. No Hyndman and Co. .. .... 10 0 0 J. Rattray and Sons, Ltd 10 0 0 Invercargill and Suburban Master Butchers’ Association 10 0 0 Employees Sargood Son and Ewen Ltd 7 7 0 Employees Wm. Smith and Co., Ltd 5 14 0 Employees Herbert, Haynes & 5 12 0 Wm. Smith & Co 5 5 0 5 5 0 W. E. Tait 5 5 0 D. W. McKay, Ltd 5 5 0 C. J. Brodrick .. .. ... .. •. 5 5 0 Anonymous .. •• 5 •5 0 Watts and Grieve Ltd 5 0 0 Frank A. Webb 5 0 0 Eustace Russell • 5 0 0 Gray Bros 5 0 0 J. Fraser & Co 5 0 0 Denniston Cuthbertson 3 3 0 Trustees late R. McKinnon .. 3 3 0 Perpetual Trustees Co. Ltd. .. 3 3 0 Central Methodist Young Wornen’s Bible Class 3 3 0 Featherstone and Adamson .. ... 2 2 0 E. B. Pilcher 2 2 0 Charles Gray 2 2 0 Dunedin Wholesale Storemen’s Union (Invercargill branch) 2 2 0 Tumacs 2 0 0 Iles and Roscow .. .. . .. 2 0 0 Rev. J. A. Lush .. .. ... • • 2 0 0 N.Z. Book Depot Staff .. ... 2 0 0 Mrs J. J. Wesney 2 0 0 W. E. Suckling 1 1 0 E.L.M. .. •• 1 0 0 CR 1 0 0 1 0 0 K. McK. Melville 1 0 0 J. and J. Irving, Kennington .. 1 0 0 MB .. .. 10 0 E P 10 0 Sympathetic .. .. .... ... 2 6 Total .. .. .. £370 10 0 TOWN HALL RECEIPTS. Previously acknowledged .. .. £342 1 11 Times total <■ 370 10 0 News total 435 12 6 Grand total .. .. .. £1148 4, 5 BOROUGH OF SOUTH INVERCARGILL. Appeal for funds for relief of ment in the borough. unemploy- £ s. d. His Worship the Mayor 5 0 0 Councillor Sutton .. . • t . 5 .. 3 0 0 Councillor Bridges 1 0 0 Councillor Jenkinson 1 0 0 Councillor Forrester .. .. .. .. 1 0 0 Councillor Ballantyne .. .. .. 1 0 0 Councillor Mitchel .. .. .. 1 0 0 Councillor Holloway 1 0 0 Councillor Hewitt 1 0 0 Councillor McChesney 1 0 0 The Town Clerk 1 0 0 Total .. £17 0 0