THE UNEMPLOYED.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 571, 28 July 1909, Page 9

THE UNEMPLOYED.

PROGRESS OF THE Y/ORKS.

GANGS 'AND PAY-SHEETS

they Constable: 'Street-Mount. Victoria ■■■; ltoad .fdr-the,first,weefc.totals £61,185. 7d., which, ; with the -cost; of, material,- .m'akesVtho"expenditure onVthio'-road.'-up ; to ;£6o.',r Tho half-a-: mil6*.;of^r6ad'ibr'med.nas:cc3t ; ;iJOs.'pbr-.cham. '" : ';.. Somef; difficulty .: has ■■ arisen ,'in tho-' Wades-; •to'wjii : >yas,;uriderstoQd-that:thei past week's » gang' .would ■;'• bo! paid' off ;!,last night, and that/a/.fresh gang/would, go!on this niorn-. ihg, -.bii't/it Appears'".'that 'tho'!time : sheets''havo -been : 'made ;up^; ; aiid; ; " consequently,':th :new : : gMg7iwill;/iiot/g0,.0n /until:-to-morrow/; •The bo ;about !£SO; !pbr' .week, and; /as; /£4OO :is.to -be. sppnt/piv-the road, eight-weeks'" work' will bc ; provided, ft-'-. '-Vi/*:':' -U 'H« /-'// : i-'" i :' : r : - :^'ii''": ' .-The men;employed: on -the Victoria College ;works : //for/t lie-first /week /had; bad ■ ; luck, ) in meoting."wet,weather:'and broken (time/.s'J.h'e /first- :pay-shebt-iitotalled-£B9/18s; '■ The gang ■■ which .finished /.'yesterday ■ ;Syos, ■ more, fprtunato,\howeveiy;\their/pay/amounting /to' £121 !Bs. :6l ■/■'■:. ;;-"-:</'■■/:/ /'■//'/ ■-' V / '%, \, -.•". %p, '• The/amount -subscribed!-,towards the ■■ relief ; fund-to :datc/-totnls / £340 has' : , ; been/paid; out -in:wages;.'ctc>.-■:■:• -/The 'number" 'of:, -/applications / - for:; .work handed; in,-'up % /was; 670/ ::■ Applicants'' still ,;scek ■: Mr.-;\v llhsq but the.men -that;:havo':.b'eeh:on the list.lbngc'st aro 'being/given first/.'coiisideratiph, '■■ .-•;// ,;.-.; '/Tho cbmmitteb-has;just,completed;arrange-meritsfor-six men.to.start tree-planting.-. "; /'.The'cohtribiitioiv'bf'St. ; /James's Presbyterian : Church,' 1 .Wellington South';/ to. the.-unem-. /ployed ; ! /"-'v ■/' '//.'V

:!^E;^6RE/ioN?;FEp^ v"? '//At ; : c yesterdays '/' wis '/decided/that.;'' Messrs. ; ;..&./ ''- "//London an^'Fv.'Ci'/Kirk'.he/appoffited .a com r /.mitieb';tb/%onfer,withHlic,'engin(;ersi',Mcssrs. ;i ::/-'":Seaton/'anW Sladdeny'witK/regard to/the v ' "posed;bscaviitiohs : :tb/.bb:'uhdert3k»n':bn:;tip/ '--/;sits L bf ; the->new-:fe.veri-hosptol,r;a. work. de-. ■-/''''cided.-:'to,.be:":commcnoed'//as soon;asypossible, /-'. ■'- in :prder '•to'afford /some/ relicf-j/b'r. ithe uuem'-.. '.'/ /ployed, ;"ahd^to':bq'KcarriedVouthunder \ /the - supervisiohVoflan. efficient:gahgbr.7: ;Tho; tnis-; ' - i''; : lfes--' : a^cii^^'- , . : ':that'!'^ub^rJp'^ris' ! ' received, '.-' "towards : flie; relief •fundiv.wiil.'./apprpximate, ':■'-. -'£65, 'to/wTiicK-will Ijejadded/thbjGb.vernmen't.. // ; ; ' •: reply/had'as 'yct/;been.i¥ceiy'ed."frpm 1 ? /'einin'entircsp'ectin'g Z the;jTOpT'd's ..application / '■"■■ i'aid.: of • th-e- : f ever., hospital ibuildirig,/ scheme. v.y

;/ • V/K/f Excellent;:progress/:hM^een^addijduring.' ,'■ • :■' .■''the 'firsttSesFs^-ivbrk^^cn-'ly'tli'fe-ConstaGle/ 1 . \/:v//:/StTCet^Mburit//^ictoria l^^ •. '. :ir. iught'bver'pialf^ai^Je. /;/,///-;of/road/ffom;;Cphsta^^ ','.' ■■:'■■': '■ % sigriil .1 station;; had-'- beeii^onipleted^vThere: )'.-. ';..■ .'; is ■W:.pos , si■bili^ly';.that''^thp■.'ir^a , ■ may 'be; run i/://'//into': the track;whieh ,: is/at present-'partially-V' \V-. , ';.;fojmcVl'nea^^6/'signali.s^tic'ri J : ; and.,so. save %;1\ / r Vfche\ ; new/;f<Md,/run3/:bn' ; to;, Mr; / /-/Lamberg's. 4";: ; ;/; 'lease jis -adapted for /tree-planting,' >/,///:, 'certain: angle's/being/usefill•for'-np'ljß'tbcr-pur-' v/\;;//;//p^e;thafi/:beautifibatioh^ f^'S-'-'-^'S U:o : "f/:' ; /'-: : ;?:-'',;/^ .//v..' iHis//Ex^ ':-.'•) ■; Typographical.Unibnv : :. ; :///;.: ? "^..kj. 13 ; .Oi;0 iv'".'■ i^M'l^o'dj'iWelr^arid-'Hbpkirk'::'-i';W'/y- ; 3 /:3iio ; ?; ■"•'•■• Petfes/'CflurclT:;; V^;v.y:^;fi;>ls']6io //.>/;:/^et-^New/Zeala^ .:V ''■'.■ Brooklyn L Presbyterian/'Church 2'14^.0 K';- : • ;i:v-:!8 V?;'y2/ •'/Ki^vstjmmox '/ .-■"< i; 1 ;-:i'.'-x .-'.V.lBy /Tplcgraph-TrPress/Association:) ~'.',;-,,;.'. ,'/:;/-:';/;'%;^C/..':v-K,^ -.- ■■■ '; //:<■ £;pubHc'iri^tii^^ ;'/;,'^ .'' ;.':J:;oiieif tipnl/;:'r'Tli^'.'-.^^bitji'members-'pf"Parliament: : /.:; • /Sad ; been 1 : invited : ;to/attend//lbut : /oneof ; tbese.'present; arid .'.he,. :://.;- as; a:;'^ ;.'';"■'■'. was, subjectcd//to' : .A '■ v..'../ |Tes6lutioni'waS:;pa'ssed.'callin'gvupou the.'City/ :\ ; : ';■ (Xuncil.'andiHarb'ou //;>,■ /'//wbTk^ •..*'v '/patch.'^ ?:\,;; regardftb'tlioi.u /:■.':'; v pTOrogra'tip'n:'ofJParliament//were//adversely: ./■-;;: criticised,/"and-'^ 'V.;'■'•'manding.ihat; Par^ ;/.;.-v.;" iinmediately-./to": 'deaT;- i %ithv;'tiiiß-''ui.employcd' i;':// ; .g;giic'3tion/;////vr//-^

~; .:- i,:.:; ,;(By..''rpie'graiih.-pP l re*s3--As3oclaUo'a.) ,-■::, ;/.:'■' : ' : x'y ::: oX:y:^ri^ .yY /: ;Anpt&rY:ppprly:.at^ ■ ; :.:;.the;unemployed -was/held'this morriiiig,-'when. ..'' >: several :'speeclies //Y gathering ,&sperseH;^ ; v.;>■;•• Mi\/' A.-'D.' -Hart,";chairman ;'6f' the 1 Trades • $;'anpV:Lal)bur- Council's-,C!ommitteb,;;bnjUnem-' .' Yplbymeht^whpn; . dcY ...;;/claredvmost.:emphatically: that ..the;.so-called ;■'';-; ,demonstratibn, : ':processio.nV'ahd; '.'■ .speeches" -by. irresrjpnsib!e;;'sp'-cailed, , bbdics"'of. : r:(;nr^emplo'yea-wefe;doing thejcaiise of'the;gen-. ... Yuinely wprkless. a'•jtremen'dous:;lbt...<>f: , hanni' :: "'\y : T{' 'The; prospects l-nbVj";:; tie ::'.,' red, -'.'are.particularly; hn'ght,, much",brighter' /■■■■ than_ -,at '■.-., ; ; ;.The' ; : ;;^ubHc;sreyeco^iiisingylheir v '■;, ■'; Vtho-.matter,:-a^.-piin; be/'seeni.by-the'.hahdsonie ■ ,';';' donations,'"thai a'rp 'pouring" in; ••; The weather .'.;;;; is; gettMg'^orp'tsuitablo: ; : ; ; ; flow:-:wbrkTvarid^veryfshortly,;there;;will; be ■;■•;": sufficieni:;dbing';to..more :than-;absbrb.all .the ':;.: 1 ;*,Men;.of : the ."• •' ftgita'tpr.,.'class'■tliat-are' so' prominent ;in;lead- '■' ;'ing ;.the ;;;, are 'going;.. the; right;jvayito/wprk'to falienate '.:'.the {sympathy.;of those who"arb -in .a position':' A.W.assist.in reMevrnglthp'situation, and the. ■;■■ ;Tr^cs : and iLabpur.;Council'Committee;def'sire/tp be.'early';:dissociated frbni:what they - . '■.-. .areA'doing.';,This: sbrt'/of; &mgVmusit, , ■;■■' Citissens'bere' ; : : ai»;;;dpibg,;as'- : mucli':asi'.is; being , '■', problem,.'and ..-'-' /now/thatthe matter, ; is on'a-fair >.way'-'to be ;.-;. satisfactorily/settled iit'ds' a.great, .pity-.'that'; .''■.-'■,;'«) -many /being''led' '-away", by.'tnbse' : /..•(vho;are'V.doing.no. gbod,;,e.ithef'.tb':themselves; ; Z br/.ix)'''those'.'-ihey•'are ip'rbfess'ihgfto helpf" ''->': .-;, ' -In' rGspqnsb. : .to-,the'request;'bt',t'h"e Citizens'. v '..are'.: registering'theirna^ ; ! ; ffcil/Chambers'!* vOf : !43 "'meri'''selected vf6r:-i i ehef :,:' work fyj the]^cit'y; i engineer.;'laat,'iveek"'l9..have, ■'■i-;-; npt:y^'put;'insah,iaprj^ranqe.;\i?:: '--':: ; ■■['ry.';^ /, ; :/'..Mr;' W.',;H.';Hagger;,# >;'.";the .lboal/'bureaui*states]. is :•/■•■ still.' receiving': many^.applleations.'. l ' for.vem-' ..".-ployment'::the/:'butlpok'/appears vtb be ; vgradu-. : ,;aHy : improving./ made by: . '/the Department.^^this.-w.ejD.k'.'tb'get;into./touc'h ; with fa-rniers-and.- other/cojmtfy: settler's'-who /.may' bc^in'heed'of.hands;^-// X '"..-: - ; ; : ; : "■' > :.,:'. •':: /'■•■-' Z/X-.:v' '■■'. Chrisiohupch,. July 26.\- . ; -~;-Bowron;Brps.,/leath'er;mdr"chants, havasen't ~'../ to .the,Mayor'a;chtiqub..£or.,£so-for the'TJn-', './i.-cinploj-niciit.Eu.iid;:'They.suggested that:£2o ;,r should ,be,;deybted-;.t.o>wprlr ou:-the,Summit ■■.;/ Road, Ibuttho other. £30 :,was'at thecliscrbtion ; bf tlip/Mayor;'' jThe'.Chr'is'tch'urcli.Meat'.Com- ; pan'y. lias/sclit/a .// conditions.: /The ./:. Mrs." CunDingham,-- tho .'.well-known philan- . .; mwi /-and;cliildi'eii/ jvhb./are/ suffering>■ from ■■:'.;; the,;CiUorcfid'{idl,eriess' of breadwinners;, ; : Money,'clrihing,. and-:f iob.[l.;;arb.:;bbing::'collec- ;, ,ti.^for : sufferers. -'^::/'.;,'•;:, ;,''s