UNEMPLOYED RELIEF.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16434, 24 May 1921, Page 7

UNEMPLOYED RELIEF.

ROAD WORK PROVIDED. 3U MN ER-LYTTE LTON GRADE. The Public Works Department has decided to provide work for forty unemployed on tho Hum ncr-Ly t tcltou Toad. They will be engaged to improve the grade and reduce Home of the curves. The road may be blocked for a short period during the operations, as in somo parts tho highway will be put in a new position. Th© work will bo on the Sumner side. Th© improvement of the road will bo cordially welcomed by motorist.*, who have frequently urged that tho grade should be made ensiet. Married men engaged on the relief work will be paid i2a per day- Single men with dependents will bo paid a similar amount, and single men with- j out dependents 10s per" day. Preference is to bo given to returned sol--1 The rates of payment depart sharply j from tho general labourers 1 ’ award rates in Canterbury,, which arc :—General labourers 16s per day. and permanent employees of local 1 bodies 15a per day. In regard to the Lyttelton fcido of tho road, tho work to be completed there is mostly team and steam-roller work. The instruction to the Department is to do only work which will give employment to the maximum number of men. Mr J. M’Combs, M P-, has been informed that tho Lyttelton Borough Council** offer to complete tho work for £I2OO was considered far too high. Applications for relief work are''to b© made to the Labour Department.