EARLIER DEMONSTRATION
MORE RELIEF DEMANDED
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ■ ,' DUNEDIN, Bth January. 1 Over 400 unemployed took; part in a demonstration at the Town Hall and the Hospital Board to-day, when additional relief was demanded. A mass meeting at the Town Hall was 'organised last night, and a deputation waited _on the Unemployment Committee, which refused to hear one spokesman named Ballantyne. The unemployed surged into the room, and an acrimonious exchange followed between members, of the committee who remained and members of- the unemployed led by Ballantyne.
_ The crowd then marched to the Hospital Board, which consented to hear necessitous cases, but refused the demand for relief for all. The' chairman, Mr. W. E. S. Knight, forwarded -the following telegram to the Prime Minister, the Eight Hon. G. W. Forbes:—"A- deputation of over 400; waited on the Hospital Board demanding more assistance than is provided by the Unemployment Board. Single men were; represented to be in desperate .straits now the relief depot is closed. Married people with families are also in sore straits. Strongly urge that you extend relief granted by Unemployment Board each week also for fourth week."
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1932, Page 12
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189EARLIER DEMONSTRATION Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1932, Page 12
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