TEMUKA

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19670, 12 December 1933, Page 5

TEMUKA

UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD MAYOI.3 COMMENTS Grave concern at the Unemployment Board’s apparent lack of sympathy towards the unemployed was expressed yesterday by the Mayor (Mr A. W. Buzant in a statement issued to “The Timaru Herald.’’ “I certainly think some comment is necessary on the use which is being made of the Beard’s funds (special taxation for relief)’’ he said, “also their action in withdrawing relief from single men and making all round reductions in allocations. Their action has made the position of the unemployed definitely worse. Many of these unfortunate people, through no fault of their own, have been on relief for nearly thre years and their position is becoming more desperate as time goes on. During the last few weeks urgent appeals have been made to the Board to reinstate the cuts but they have persistently declined to do so. The Board’s avowed reason for its action is that seasonal work is available and that reservation of funds for the winter months is necessary. The amount of seasonal work available is a suggestion not borne out by facts, and the reservation of funds is hardly a reliable excuse when one reads of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Co., being subsidised from the unemployment funds. "It is now’ over two weeks since I, on behalf of my committee, sent an urgent message to the Board for increased assistance, but to date they have not thought it worth while to reply. Therefore the only conclusion one can come to is that the Board is unsympathetic and out of touch with the position.” METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL. The Temuka Methodist Sunday School held its anniversary celebrations on Sunday, services conducted by the Rev. T. H. Carr, of Timaru, being held in the morning and afternoon, while the Rev. L. A. Brooks led the evening service. In the afternoon, the annual prizegiving was performed and musical items were given by the children, Isabel Burborough and Miriam Levens giving solos while Isabel Burborough and Jean Dale and Charles Kenny and Douglas Harvey contributed duets. The children were trained by Mr A. Dale. The prize list w’as:— Class I.—Girls: Isabel Burborough 1, Lynda Longson 2, Jean Dale 3, Patricia Swap, Caroline Loader. Vera Constable, Helen Smith, Elsie Thompson, Betty Prattley, Gracie Edgeler. Boys: James Ackroyd 1 (Miss Kingston’s special), Charles Kenny 2, Arthur Wills 3, Edward Loader, Norman Loader, Douglas Harvey, Douglas Thomley, Edward Jamieson, John Prattley. Class 2—Girls: Eileen Dale, Georgina Constable (equal) 1, Raana Hewson 2, Miriam Levens 3, Joan Swap, Joan Williams. Class 3—Girls: Gladys Lloyd 1, Rosie Chapman 2, Mavis Hopkinson 3, Rita Prattley, Daphne Levens. Margaret McCunn. Dorothy Frisby, Eileen Fitzgerald. Boys: Malvern Lloyd 1, Kenneth Longson 2, Allan Smart 3, William Edgeler, John Edgeler, Stewart Martin, Gordon Jamieson, Earl Smith. Infants: Olive Hopkinson 1, Iris Constable 2, Gordon Dale 3, Ross Swap, Bryan Williams, Alex McCunn,'Ronny Edgeler, Walter Philips, Ethel Chapman. Jean Jamieson, Luthy McCunn, Walter Westaway, Charles Wills, Lyall Philip. Rona Arnst, Jack Arnst, Gwen Longson. Robert Westaway, Jennie Philips, Keith Martin, Rae Cross. GENERAL NEWS. Advice has been received from the Education Department that the result of the Proficiency examination conducted at Arowhenua recently, when three candidates were presented, is: Proficiency, Manuel Solomon and Gordon Hopkinson; competency, James Russell. Preparations for the celebration of Anniversary Day, on Sunday next are now practically complete: Thirty-six pioneers have signified their intention of attending, and Mr T. D. Burnett, M.P.. has agreed to attend if he possibly can. PERSONAL. Mrs L. Gladding, of Dunedin, is the guest of her parents, Mr and Mrs Leathern, Wilkin Street. Miss A. Tresize, Murray Street, is visiting Christchurch. NOTES. In the Parish Hall on Thursday, a Christmas Fair is to be held. Cookery classes, for which there is no entry fee and good prizes, close at 2 p.m. on the day of the fair, the classes being advertised to-day. Admission includes entrance to afternoon tea pavilion too. Mr E. Cholerton, Optical Specialist, proprietor of John R. Procter, Ltd., Christchurch, will be making a personal visit to Temuka on Tuesday, 12th December, and may be consulted on all defects of eyesight at the Crown Hotel. Appointments can now be made by ringing up the U.F.S. Dispensary. ..