RELIEF WORK PAYMENT

Taranaki Daily News, 27 April 1932, Page 10

RELIEF WORK PAYMENT

CRITICISM OF NEW SCHEME. PROTEST TO THE GOVERNMENT. The effect of the proposed regulations regarding the allocation of the rates of payment for relief work as from Alay 1 was discussed by 150 Hawera unemployed men at a meeting last night, when Air. J. E. Campbell, secretary of the unemployment committee, presided. It was the general opinion that the small increase in the monthly sum received by the unemployed man through the elimination of the “stand down” week would barely cover the cost of food and the wear and tear on clothes that would be incurred by the extra days of work. It was also pointed out that the change meant cutting down the time in which the men could look for work other than relief.

The following resolutions were carried:

(1) That this representative meeting of Hawera. unemployed strongly disapproves of the Government's action in reducing the. relief rates of pay from 12s 6d and 9s to 10s and 7s 6d a day, and strongly urges the Government to reveit to the original rates of 12s. 6d .a day throughout the whole classification of days worked. (2) That no relief worker be paid less than T2s 6d a day. Copies are to be sent to the Leadei of the Opposition and the member, for the district as well as to the Alinister in charge of unemployment. The men. were most reasonable in their argument and the subject was discussed from every viewpoint. The question of forming a kind of self-help" club and the matter of a small levy on its members was left to the men’s committee. The following new members were elected to this committee: Messrs. S. B. Tysoe, G. F. Wallis, L. H. Voyle and L. B. Owen. Adjutant McKenzie was elected honorary treasurer.

hawera golf club.

DRAW for to-day.

To-day’s draw for the second qualifying round of the Anderson Cup has been made by the Hawera Golf Club as follows:—

12.50 p.m., Robb v. Blair; 12.54, W. G. Strange v. Dalgetty senr.; 12.58, Batchelor v. Hainsworth; 1.2, Sutton v. Simpson; 1.6, Ward v. Harrop; 1.10, Snowsill v. Smith; 1.14, Cullen v. Zinsli; 1.18, Horsburgh v. Shaw; 1.22, Miller v. Dingle; 1.26, Wholey v. A. Sagar; 1.30, Nyberg v. Dalgetty junr.; 1.34, R. IV. Stewart v. Morrissey; 1.38, Westaway v. L. E. Stewart; 1.42, Meyer v. Brown; 1.46, Davy v. another. MT. EGMONT ALPINE CLUB. WEEK-END CLIMBING. The Mount Egmont Alpine Club had to postpone its activities arranged for last week-end. Twelve members, including Misses P. Bond, M. Shaw and M. Peak, Wanganui, visited Dawson Falls. The weather was showery, but the party climbed on Sunday to the Syme Hut, where the night was spent. Snow fell during the night. On Monday Messrs. Roy Sole and N. Lealand, New Plymouth, 'went to North Egmont via the summit, the remainder of the party returning to Dawson Falls. HOCKEY TEAMS FOR TO-DAY. SOUTH TARANAKI GAMES. Hockey teams for to-day’s friendly games are:— Tokaora men to play Hawera, at Hawera at 1.30 p.m.: Johnson (2), Jordan (2), Banks, Berry, Taplin, Stewart, Griffin, Corrigan, McLeod, Howell and Standish.

Tokaora ladies to play Ramblers, at Tokaora to-day, at 1.30 p.m.: Mesdames McMahon and McDonald, Misses Jennings, Banks, Bennett, Burrell, P. and M. Bolland, McDonald, Jones and Ward.

Ramblers: Mesdames V. Parker and A. Johnston, Misses M. and F. Woolliams, N. Shannon, N. Adams, T. Clement, V. Healey, P. McNeill, -N. Davis, K. Goodwin, F. Wytkin, M. Thurston, G. Young. AUROA ITEMS. There was a much larger attendance at the Saturday night euchre party. Mr. Doug. Mercer won the men’s prize and Mrs. Mischefski the ladies’ prize (a salad set). For the dance afterwards Mr. Wood was master of ceremonies and Mrs. Wood supplied the music. Master Maurice Clare entertained with, vocal items. On Anzac morning a number of wreaths was placed on the war memorial monument. Mr. Stan Wilks is visiting New Plymouth. Mr. Basil Espin is receiving medical treatment for his eye which was injured while he was playing football. PERSONAL ITEMS. , Sister A. C. Ingles, Red Cross nurse at Hawera, has accepted the position of matron at the Pukeora Sanatorium, Hawke’s Bay. She takes up her new duties on May 14, and the Red Cross Society is tendering her a farewell function on Wednesday, May 11. Appreciation of the services over a long period of Mr. L. R. Neilson, the retiring secretary of the Waverley Returned Soldiers’ Association, was voiced by the president, Dr. P. V. Graves, at Monday’s annual meeting of the association. GENERAL ITEMS. The Hawera Unemployment Committee has made the following allocations of relief work for this week: Hawera Borough Council, 48 men; Hawera County Council, 56; Normanby Town Board, 15; Hawera Hospital Board, 17; Ararata, Matapu and Turuturu school committee, one each; Hawera Main School, 2; South Committee of the Egmont National Park Board, 1; Joll Park, Okaiawa, 3. The City Football Club seven to play at Manutahi to-day is W. Wakarua, T. Eaves, M. Good, N. Smith, J. Spedding, Velvin, W. Batchelor; emergency, G. Batchelor.