THE UNEMPLOYED;

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 6

THE UNEMPLOYED;

1 RELIEF COMMITTEE, ' .ALLdtJATION-OF.FUNDS.- ,- • The Citizens''.'.TJnemploymerit '/Committee met yesterdayafternoon , in Yhp'/Mayor's ' room, Town Hall, In'the absence ;pt the. Major (Dr NewmanJ, owing to. the ;lrnjii service being delayed■"; by -slips on the/lino',. > the Hon. J E.'Jenkinsbn.M.LiC., presided! and, others present wero: Messrs. F.M.B. Fisher and R. A. 'Wright, M.P.'s, Nash,, J E Fitzgerald, arid'W.;C. Nopt. : ;; -',-,';. The committee allocated '£300 to complete . the Constable StreetrMount Victoria track, . the City Engineer having estimated that the 'total cost wouldbe.£4oo to£4sp. ,'T.lio;.,suiii of £120 has been spent already,'-: at the rate of £G0 a wcelsYYiY-' . -;s;^':-;'' :^ J ' The chairmahy^repljihgi^.jqu^ti ol there was oiiough';irio'riey already .allocated to. keep tho workat-Vic'toria College going.;' It might be welP''at. ; a''later time', to' vote £50 to the Victoria - College'Council for excavation work, m connection"^vith-;the .proposed; j now wing This would bear'a .Government subsidy of £2;: for •'id El.'v:'-''.-.';'.'; :'■ YY'". In regard to the - Wadestown Road,/ the secretary (Mr. G, Willi's).said that'the sum of £400 already-: allotted was adeemed suffi-. went Tho City'Couioil had voted ;£2OO, the oommittee £100; aifdJthc Wadestown; peop'e would coritublito''£loo, ■ The'work was being done by the committee,'the City Engineer supervising : ' ; /'Y '-. : ' :' ''■.'■'' ■ ■-, -, ■'.''■■ -. ' • ■':■- Mr Nash said ; 'the;work, was 'being don? i very satisfactorily.,.- Y ': ;. ; .vY.v" l .'.';.-;-.;. : , Mr ,Nont said;,he.had handedqn.tho.n.ames : , of unemployed "who were quite rto i: act as gangerd[-'but';Hh>':'corporatapn gangers. ' \yeiV engaged instea'dY-''.''Y ■ ■ '' ''■■ YvY-/ , QtheVs' pre?pnt : .ilpointed out that ■' ; tlie • engineer bad to liare,ganger's whem:he;l<riew. '\ ho could tiustYTwp';pf;thoSe.who:had been. ' put on had very'soon-loft'.' ■ .'; : v;•••' ■'■! '::' Mr Noot Because tbey were not satisfied -,j with tho wagcsYYY---; .''''/^'-''-. ] The secretary'reported t-hat' there was. ,a .' gang of five men'on; tree-planting, and there j were twenty mbre'liwbb'- coujd'not.dp':other ; • work The.,',suni'iaf'.£3o. had.':been.specially. ;' subscribed 'fpKtreii-plantiiig., •■ .'.•;,;■.:•' ■• ■■. :■■■■. "■- : -;■ '1 Tho committee-y-ybted ;v£150.. for;/tree-. :■ planting :Y'Y-YY 'Y -,:■,-';-. '■--'-'-;•'"'•'■'■■ '■ ,■' .-, Mr Wright-suggested ..that-.-spine.-, work Ishould be done..on/a/small:-'reserve/-near 1 Ciawford StreetYThff/chairmanV anduMr.. ;, Wright were deputed .to;visit:'jthejspot',.'rid -' report ;,v-'Y..:vYY '-,'■ '■• It was decided i-tb -ask'-the different .bands. ,j subsidised by --the- '-Gftj. Council -W ..give, a: , performance in .aid :■ of'.the. fund., :■ It.-was -i mentioned that'the ■'.;Garris6n"\.Band:i : had; ] alrcadv \decided to/.hold :-.a.: concert.. the. 0 Town' Hall for'the fundlY'- ;YYY.'Y:_ '"'/'■ ' The sum of voted 'for. work;_at; : Anderson Park,;;the work tp.'be^gone'on.-witli .1 s r -:i ; t;Y' : :*::l5)>?Y" '' • THE HAPPY! yALLEHRpADJ j The work of:.br^ning ; up:the:Happy;.Valley j Road from Brooklyn'to'the sea Repast, for, ( which a sum 1 able time back, -was' progressing \'most,satas- l : factonly, over.ihalf^a";miley'of ..the rpadmg ■', having been completed, leaving another, half ■-, mile to be cov.er«d. : iVThiß.»al%ations;in..the •• boundaries which-'.ivere*-agreed-/to;by. ; the !j Jacob Joseph Trustees- have-facilitated ..the economical : 'j mission to take-ballast frpm..'tho:bed (bf--.the.. creek for metalling',purposes .:is .resulting in , a considorablo ; ':'savahgi*:.as;Avell.as '.. helping..to , protect the rev'etmente-.*'in'-'.,one:.-. ! or'..two -J places Aboufetwenty-fivei.nay.yie's.varevem-ployed on thei wbrlr-'at ;'pfes.eht,;in;i addition ■■ to the ( The work of -laying itho'.ipund'atipis-forthe ;-j bridge is now; : i ( pier of lemfoiced,concrete: having been':con-. :. stmctpd Thef?southern'..foundations,- whjeb. ;.- have gijcn a ,gfea'fcn tleal■ io'f,! trpubhYdurihg . tho past twp weehs Owmk ; to;the.creel£ -'rising. ;' suddenly and 'flboding'the -worljs,- I ..were 'put: •■ in on Saturday'afternobn/'when.a'big ;iang of men was employed.'.-, Twenty-five", yards of.; ooncrete wero.piit-'in»-betwoen'2 plm.- and 6 ;: pm. It"lsiinrrfcicipated:;that.■ this o pier -will- • l be complex bf of thb : , week,-.- and ; .- "is the fast progress!; should now be 'It is probable that, .. if funds permit,'-ibe-'old bridge s above ~the.' woo|-shed will new'brid&e.' ;: Another two months' is"expected\to see the; . end ef the ccntract/.yery ; ;nearV- :'-;:" . ;,. j: > THE EASTERN^RnJCEyVAY^'V^V;. A largo *numbeiv! of people 1 -inspected..the. ; new road along th^'top. : of.the ;hill.'.;from : Constable Street'.'to'/Mt.- Victoria', -ph'.Sun.aay.. -; Excellent progressi-has been made' with, the . road, the grade'ilof •beenj-'altered: ; from the, Pirie'Street-Nelson, Street-junction,': : from' which' -last peak'^bf;Mt.- \ Victoria the track;;:is ! : :being altered :tp..ihe,- .; eastern side cf.^thV-spur, .coming.on_.to:the. }. top of the spur ; Hn''. : two.place's:.ahd.<givihg'an v ;' excellent view"of.'. , the city.:;. 'A : ',, 'Biiggestion which is worthyVof the'- of'/-tho, ; Relief Committee has'been made in:reference: ' to the old quarry, bh-the face of?the hill'a' - few hundred yards''south; .of v .'the., signal ; station An old/track:whioh has-apparently. : been uSed for b'ririgirig.metalfrom.the.quarry, still exists,' and.vthe suggestien'is.-that -.the, ; track should bo-;for'med;again. and .the quarry, : cleaned out aridfitted, with seats, ; so;-as to . provide a slioltereiVnook-'which-pedestrians, could avail th'cms'ely& ; pf in .wwdy ;weather.; .; MORE; ; M^NjPI.AC'EpJ'K ; . : ; ■ Arrangcmon'tsV''have':'fen-';,m^o : a : whereby; ', a gang ot twenty..men-.will..be placed;.at-wprk ; on Anderson .-Park* about. to-mqrrpw This, with tbe)gan|s;wor(jing:week and'wepk., about, will niean:employment; for i.another- ; "forty men AsfJten-knen.-'afoVto'.be -Eut: ;: pn ■ tree-planting .this'.'.week, another, fifty, men J will thus ,bo ab^biwirjmV^.'* loll ''^.:™?'-. 28 ?- ' already,.provided;:;fbr'i..• j \;: ■■::.* ; ,'.■';;;,.-,,: ..-'••. y i> : 'The»numbe'f ; pf applicants';,who had'handedin their names for work up.to yesterdarwjis '620; -.Aiiotlicf /threb;: labourers were- placed, jesterdayi,-work;being-found for themion. the ' 'Go'v'eriunentV'iailways.'. , ;. -.;., v ■ '■: /receiyed-since -Saturday. 'rireYY"';' "'j' '■■'.'•;. ''•.' : ':'-'-.- -•': -'YYY '• ,-■' '. : ; ; ;,-"Y :^- £10-'.Ip.'-.fl ' St; Androw's'.Cniurch-(further :_.;'_; n Y^sub^lptiph}. 1 .".'■',:•'■'':. 1.:.'-."-\^Tangibie ; '- evidence' of - sympathy, .with;, the unemployed, in Wollington has.; been shown, by the staff tif the General and Wellington, Pest Office, the'officers pf which' department; have' subscribed £52 :to the-citizens. fund. A cheque for tho'amount will be handed to the secretary (Mr Geo Willis) this morning The relief works were stopped- yesterday morning ou account of the rain THE'POSITION AT NAPIER (By Tolecrapb.-Proas Association) Napier,; August. 2. . The Citizens' Relief Committee still have a fairly large number of unemployed men on their, books, and are appealing for more ■funds. »' .