WOMEN’S UNEMPLOYMENT

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20625, 28 May 1935, Page 14

WOMEN’S UNEMPLOYMENT

Meeting of Committee Held. DELEGATES WELCOMED. The monthly meeting of the Women’s Unemployment Committee was held last evening. New delegates were welcomed from the Home Service Association, Airs Kent Johnson, and the Tailoresses’ Union, Airs Parlane. The Alayoress and Deputv-Alayoress of New Brighton (Mrs E. Smith and Airs Glasgow) were cordially welcomed to the meeting. Correspondence was received from the Women’s Advisory of the Alanufacturers’ Association in respect to representation on the committee. The letter was received. The Cooking and Sewing Sub-commit-tee presented its report, which showed that there had been 794 dinners, 171 teas. 269 morning teas, 291 afternoon teas and 110 week-end meals distributed from the centre at 570, Colombo Street, and that 1196 dinners, 968 morning teas and 806 afternoon teas, a total of 4627 , meals, had been distributed for the four-weekly period. It was reported that an examination of trainees from the Cookery Training Centre had been conducted by Aliss C. Graham, home science mistress at the Christchurch Technical College, and that all candidates had passed the test. The Sewing Centre reported that 25 garments had been made for the Aletropolitan Relief Depot, 98 for the Red Cross Society and 43 for use in the centres. The Advisory Committee reported that it had been arranged to issue free tram tickets to those employed at the cen-' tres and that the maximum room rent was to be increased to 6s for those not employed in the centres and 3s to those employed. Considerable discussion took place on the report of the delegate to the Girls’ Employment Committee regarding the question of duplicating the work of assisting unemployed women between the ages of sixteen and twenty years. It was decided to communicate with the Minister of Employment again in respect to the matter. It was pointed out during the discussion that this committee, at the request of the Unemployment' Board, had had the control and responsibility of all eligible unemployed women and girls since its inception. There were facilities under the committee’s control sufficient to cope with the present situation, and expansion could be undertaken if necessary. It was reported that there were 82 persons employed in the centres under the committee's control. 15 were employed in the subsidised postions and 63 had been placed in private employment.