THE UNEMPLOYED.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 13

THE UNEMPLOYED.

ROUND THE RELIEF GANCS.

AN IDLER WHO GOT SHORT SHRIFT •The new ' gangs ■ for. Wadeat-own Road ■; and

• - Anderson Park, mustered'-at.''full, strength , on Thursday In fact, tfao gangv are a. little uhfivu their full strength, and half-a-dozen men fjW Anderson Park wore transferred to Victoria Collego yesterday A start has been mado with tho ploughing of Ander- : son Park, and grass-sowing will follow. It .is stated that excellent progress 13 being made on tho Wadestown Road 'lhe casualness of some of tho men on I tho-relief. 'iyorks vis ; . trying,,the "patienoo. of' th# gangors. The inexperienced man who docs his best hiust be toleiated, but the . .expertsnavvy who sets his pace to that of the, .1. ': inexperienced man is coming under the ban of, wsploasuro Another niah has just re ceivcd notice of'dismissal oil account ofa.barefaoed p'ece of "loafing " It appears that the man was employed on tho Viotona College. ..■''.wqjrks^at''a time.w'henthe.work,was,overstaffed to meet somo very urgent cases, and, taking ad\anta"e of the inability of tho foreman to watch all hands, he wandered off to a hanly gorso patch and went to sleep When the man's action was'brought under the notice, uofi-:theSauthoritie3(t>ho.i::was .:: ! immedaately-' ■ paid off > Applicants for work still continue' to apply: to tho R-elief Committee, the total lumber . ofiaamoa::ibaJided:in- to date .being 750. A number of men from the country have applied during the past two'da.Vs, but ,the secretary' of the Relief Committee out'no hope to as the committeo is dealing: strictly with residents of the city, ' The latest wages-sheet for the Wadestown Road workers totals £71 7s lOd, or an average of £2 6s. >6d per man, as against £68 lis 6d for the previous week's gang, in which each man earned £2 0s 6d. The gang whidh worked at Anderson Park last week .earned £72 2s. 6d., an Average of £2 60. 9d per ma.n.) '■ THE WAGES SHEETS.;' . The labourers who have just completed their week at Victoria College, drew £139, Cs, lid. in wages, which \?orkq out at about 1 - £2,4s.:;per • man.--, The carpenters -on the sollege works made £34 12s 6d , an average of ,£3 eaoh. During .the previous week tne ! labourers earned £107 2s 3d., and the carpenters £32 13s 6d. , _ jA scheme is at present on foot for tlTe link-ing-up of the Mt ,Viotoria Ropd iwith'i one of the Hataitai Roads owned by a, syndicate, which linking-up will make a drive from iConstablo Street along the top of the hill * to tho signal station, then through Hataitai And down into town via tho road at the back of 'the Convalescent Homo. Excellent progress is being made with tha erection of itho dressing-sheds at Kelburno Park and Duppa Street. ,The Kelburne Park shed is now being roofed with tiles. I A mooting of the Executive Committeo of tho- Citizens' Fund will be held at the Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon, when reports oil the various works will be leoeivtd and « necessary 1 expenditure authorised.

~ SUBSCRIPTIONS, . ,'A- total of• £1743 lls.-6d. had been l placed ■ to.-the credit iof the Relief Committee up'to / :j , esterday.;aftefnoon,...,' l The latest subscription i5.63115.-Qd,, a further set of miscellaneous donations per Mrs. It. A. Wright. , "■'The i: sum tof i, £1? ■ 45., .. acknowledged . as;, havingbeou received from tho.- Town i ' Hall? staft,! was . madoi.upvaa follows: —City ; Engineer and,Departmerit/i£lßi J.:.R.''Pali)jer . - (Town 'Clerk), £2 ■.2s. js.and:' J. ,o'Sbfea (City Sohoitor), £2 2s, , 1 , • j ' wThe ■ Ramblers'JLady. Hockey:.Clqb,- -which v.:', recently .organised a':ooncert m-.aidlof the ft ; Unemployed Relief : Fund,- bas. been. successful in oleanng £11 6s. Bd. This sum will bo : tp'tlie-/Maypr.^.ThefcohMrt"part of-:tho' programme•>was .arranged.'byv Miss i : ; >.Tlio Baths and Resorvos Committeo of tho City Council recommendodfiflt Thursdayinight's > ,meeting-of.the.council!that,a'isubsidy; of £20 iv-bdigranted r,to;ftheii>Unemployed.« RebefoCom-: ' . v mittee ' for? tho excavation and 'improvement ... of a'Seotion ! of iand on the Town. Belt, :at the end of Wright Street, for a playground.