THE UNEMPLOYED.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 6

THE UNEMPLOYED.

TWENTY TO START AT MOUNT VICTORIA. \ .'■'■..-.'- ..'THE ■'_'', ;. ; There were,only three defaulters from the ranks of the 33 married, men who were told off to taJje part in the ballot.held yesterday for, workers.-, to start the Constable Street-Mount, Victoria Road on Monday morning. Twenty ■ men- wore chosen for tho Mount victoria; works, and another 10 word instructed to hold thomselyos in readiness.to commenco work at Victoria College grounds on\Wtednesday next. The gaug which has been- working at the collegia this week, will give way on: Tuesday., night to a fresh set of workers, and a ballot ,for the now gang will be held on Monday. , • , ■< The Hospital' Trustees have decided not to excßvate tueir section: on Salamanca Road, so that the spoil .'from Victoria College will continue to 1)0 deposited on the section until it is.brought levol.with the road. .It.is understood that the trustees aTe making a grant of £25 to the Relief Committeo. : A High Level Drive. : : : ' The proposal to form a drive along tno, top of,the.range' of hills running from Constable Stroot'to uie.Mouht Victoria signal-station, which wort is 'now. to be started on Monday under the. direction', of .the Unemployed Relief Committeo, has been' tho subject of several discussions by the Reserves tee of the City Council. \ ..'■.■ ' Councillor.' J. , P.: Luke,"M.P., chairman of the' committee, informed' a represontativo of ■The' Dominion yesterday that, last year the committee instructed the City Engineer (Mr. W.H. Morton) to/, prepare surveys and plans for the purpose of forming the road, and these -plans; and' surveys had been completed some time ago. ' The scheme provided for a road - one chain. wide, which road was to bo fenced on" both sides and planted with suitable trees,-in tSie midst of which seats were to be . placed. The, present work will bo to form a 10ft. road,' along which a vehicle will be able to: pass, ana later, when the money is".""available,.: the road can be widened land improved. It is hoped that .further surveys-will eventually enable the road to be continued on to Hataitai,,or down the.town side of the;hill, but nothing definite has, been planned .in this' direction; further than ;_that the.. road will.not be: a blind"one/: ,;.'. '■}. ".. ~ ;. ,-The desire of. the'lleservee Committee is stated.to Be to connect the new road with some other road in the, locality, which'• surveys may .prove practicable. In view of tho fact that the Government' will Vnot, subsidise public subscriptipiis- to:-the Relief "Fund, whore tKe money., is' applied; to : ,municipal works, subscribers whose : object is to _■ forward" the present road \york" should indicate that their '.donations.'' are; for this"' particular work,.which-.work, when finished. ;■ should give the city one, of the most" popular drives or .walks it :is;'possible'.' to' secure...; . ... "'■■':'': The VVadestoOTi Road.' :V' The work, of .improving., the Wadestbwn Road will probably' be comnienced about the: middle of next week. 'A sum of'fiiOOAvillbe spent on the w<rrk,;'.the ci%' contributing £200," the-.Relief .Committee £100, and lit. Geo; Nash ■ and othori residents .of^Wadeßtown £100.:.- 1 " : >^v"."-;'-'-i, : '^'v'' : - ; ;t'V.:V' ;V ■ {:: :-\ ■' "A propbsal'wasmade.by Mr. R. Bould at a meotjng of Jbh'nßonviillo./ratepayers that, in , order; to help , the unemployed, tho Government ehouldbe urged to give a" £.;for,■£ elibsidy ■:towards .the'construction' of a now road to connect, JbhneonviUe and Khandal-" lah'; , Mr. Bould stated: that';he : was willing to cbhtributie '£50' to' eiich :a'-Bcheme,.. and the. matter was left in his"; hands to see what; voluntary subscriptions could be. ob-,-tained.'.', ':.. '' l>,;, .' ;>t '.;',; '■,:."; ,\ ; '",.''-',',!' , '.... The men who have :.been : employed on the,' Victoria College !works for "the past few days will not, according:to the rutemade by the committee, receive:; their wages until -'Tiiesi, day or Wednosday. In ordertb tide the men over : iihmedia'te\SifficiiJt;&i-..*n;adyanpe- , of 10s. wages is-.^:fie J niSdo°wleacli'mffl'to^day.'.;.,. 'It ■ is-suggested that einplovment could, be founa r fdr-m ,ri p/ >( y a'62otf fi mV'immediately. in improving the short ciit by-way of, tho old Military Road to.Northland;: A deputation waited oh the on tho recently, -and sity for this work, b'eing'dorie. ' Durin'g";tlie, prevailing wet weather, ohie tequircs 'to N bo very sure-footed, and l an'export-balancer as Well,-to negotiate the.>steep",descenf.'with; safety.. , '; ; - "';,. '<•:).':■ ■-.- .-v , -..' , . ! - ,, .■'■•.'■ S Applications for work still continue, to roll in to Mr. Geo. Willis,'secretary of the Re- , lief • Committee, the total up to yesterday afternoon being.4so. • • , ' ,! . : V 2 , Of the men employed-on the Viotona Col-, lege 'works, ■ 14. are carpenters;, 9 labourers, 4 "■ painters, and one. each gardonor,; butcher, trimmer, and clbrk. ' No .work was done yes;, torday on acoonnt of the fain. ,- r It m .understood tlhat a'proposal-to: beautify the eastern -bank, of the; Victoria College ground by-,"plairtiDg. a* jinmbor" of pphUtakawa trees;ib'to 'he considered aV-a meeting of the' College Council noxt; week.; Some such:scheme is needed , to-'make work for a'numbor : '.'6i men' on the-Relief Commits, tee's list,' ae Bevoral of the applicants for 1 work' are quite unable; to undertake heavy pibk-and-shoveU labour. • ;■-. ■'.-.' >••■'.' -, • . f ■: -' ;; "Subscriptions. ]':'}'''. '.■!"■. . ".The subscriptions received to' date total £830,"th0 lat-est-to be acknowledged being: •,-■■■"■■■■ '" ; -"-•■■,; ■'■■ ,'" ; - : ' ■;.' d. ""• ; Jewish Synagogue .•.........-.;... 16 .0 7 i Gear ; Mea- Company,-.:.......... 25 0 0' , .Wine , and Spirit.Morohante..: 60 0 0 His Worship the' Mayor' states- that- any subscriptions forwarded to. : him. for tho purpose of ti«e-planting in,tho city.will bo; specially earmarked for: this, purpose by the Belief ; Committee.,... . ; ,i .•.'.: :;v The Cpyernrnont: Subsidy., ! ■ . Oabinot yesterday decided to give a suV sidy of/£2 for every £1 othorwiEO subscribed up. to £8000 towards the ■ cost of erecting necessary exteneioiis' to Victoria .College. Eeferring ;'to the grant, the Acting-Prirao, Minister (Hon.-J.\ Carroll); stated. tnat the work-.was.regaTded as a national one. Compared' with, other ( University '. Colleges; ; the mstitutiion'wasin an unfavourablo position' iii regard, to, eridowments. .Tho proposal: of the deputation from jth'e"' Citizens' Unempl6yment, Fund . Committee, that the Government should grant- tho cost of constructing' a "road tb the signal '.station (,oft Mount yictoria and make recreation grounds'at Kilbirnde had not been obn'sidered. . From further remarks made .by MK. : Carroll,; it appeared very .unlikely, that the Government would subsidise' municipal works of'any kind. He added that'tho suggestion that tie Government should advance portion of its contribution in connection, witih the proposed fever hospital would have to await a full meeting of Cabinet. . : : i POSITIOIT IN CHRISTCHURCH/ , .' (By TeldrraDh.—Proes Aesoclaitlon.l '.'.-'" : . ■••-. Chrlstchuroh,: July 16. .'" •It ■ waa: reported at the , Trades. Hall this morning that most of the unemployed had got tired of calling there in view of their past experiences of hopelessness of getting news of work there. They, are" be awaiting-the result of Sunday's appeal at Lancaster, l'ark and at the Opera' Housej also ;"for .'details of the IVades Council's , Com-;-mitteo.'s;scheme for utilisation J of-tho money realised in '. finding 'employment. ■'•-'.■■ .' f ■ FUNDS SHORT ; IN' -NBtSON. ; i .--.; r:./'/::, :: ; : V '■'<:} :: Kelson, July ''. 16?:; • A'deputation representing the local-un-employed waited, on the Mayor- to-dajy seek T ing work. They said,that fifty or sixty men woro wbrkless, several:of them being married;'but it was shown that only 119 (PV wore entered, on 'the books of the Governmont Labour Bureau', of whom, seven were married. Included iii tho estimate are eev; eral' rten not : Nelsbnians',: but,:who ; came here for the drainage works, which are.now oompleted. vThe deputation complained v tiiat in the progress of the drainage worko outsiders had been given: preforciice : over, local residents.:' . ■ ■.',"■ . ■■.■.'■■'••■.•'•■'.:'■">.»; ■■■"• ' Mayor replied that he-was. unablo;to do anything out of the: general fund, as the corporation had already exceeded: the limit of its overdraft; but probably_; out -of the gasworks accountsomo gas mains .-might , be laid in districts not: yet connected. Ho:,expected' that several corporatiou hands' would be , retrenched at tho,special ;mbeting x>l ;the council to be■ held- to-night.' \ ..i?