THE UNEMPLOYED.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 581, 9 August 1909, Page 5

THE UNEMPLOYED.

■ ;: ■ ■•■ ; A QUIET DAT.' The seorotary of. the Relief Committee was allowed a fairly restful morning on .Saturday. A few applicants for work, however, at-, tended at Mr, Willis's.office,' and , several of the employees engaged at different works also made applications for advances on their. \vages to jmeet immediate ca.lls on.their .resources. Otherwise things wore quiet., A 'total of 681 applications for .work have so far been received, Arraiigemonta for the public entertainment to be held in aid of the relief'fund this day week are well in hand, the majority of the shopkeepers, etc., who have been asked to sell tickets having responded willingly to the call. One of the features of tho 'entertainment . will be the popu]ar selections to be given by the orchestra, of 46 players.. ~ . ' '• '■ .The unompldyed concert which was held at the Concert Chamber, Town Hall, on Saturday last, was hardly the success that its promoters hoped for. Altogether, it is estimated that the profits will only amount. to £0; the audience was a .very "thin" one. The Wairarapa South Presbyterian Church (Featherstpu and Greytown) has donated £8 to the Unemployed Relief Fund. : ; .; ; ;. subscriptions. -■■■"■.' . -The .latest 'subscriptions, which bring the fund up to £1720, are;— .; .. '' Storemen and -mechanical stiff,. . Harbour Board .■..'... ■ ... 7 62 Per DojiiNioN newspaper ... ... 9 16 2 Thomas Carmichael ~. ... ■2 2 0 ; THE POSITION IN AUCKLAND. . : . (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ... : , Auokland, August 8. About 200 unemployed registered their names at the local office of the Labour Department during the'past week. Forty men were provided ivith work by the Department during the week, ten. being sent to the railway and the remainder to private employment.