TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1921, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

ItlY TfcXEGRAPH —i*ER PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH UNEMPLOYED. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 27. Dealing with thc effects of the unemployment in the homes of the people, a canvasser, wild litis lately been employed in house-to-house' vvWrfc in one of the poorer districts of Christchurch, stated that the results were glowing wider and wider. In one street alone at the first six houses lie visited they were consecutive —he found every breadwinner was out of work. All were either in the country or at the registry office looking for work, or else at home gardening. One woman said that lor three months her husband luul not earned anything, except a casual pittance now and then. - The woman was carrying a baby that needed medical attendance and was taken every other day to the hospital. 1 asked how they managed l,i exist and she answered, “We are living oil the husband s mother.’’ Mativ girls were a month or sO ifge ,m half pay or short time ohiplbynieiif, ami altogether the conditions in every house had greatly changed from the times when the husband, boys and girls all brought home every week-end good money. The small shopkeepers arc tceliug the pinch in two ways: The demand for more luxurious goods had diminished and the lines sold were chiefly bread ami but ter lines. Money was also harder.

The problem Inis ft little of Hie brighter side, as the seedsmen reported much larger demand for seeds, the reason being that many thrifty householders having more time on their hands, are engaged in planting thengardens Imping thus to diminish the cost of living.

AN INQUEST. DUNEDIN, Oct. 28. An inquest was held to-day at Bert Chalmers concerning the death of a lies McC'iitcheon. aged -11, railway surfaceman, who hanged himscl at 1 nrainit on Wednesday evening. His widow deposed that deceased was mnoilv and depressed, especially if lie had a' drink, mid lately had a delusion that she had turned the children ;i• ainst. him. On the day of his death he returned from Dunedin under the influence of liquor. T)cc*pfisr«Vs brother deposed that <lO- - was always more or less depressed. probably as a result of an ardent in childhood. A formal verdict of suicide hy hanging was returned. bookmaker raided. DUNEDIN, Oct. 25. \ surprise visit was paid by Chief Detective Bishop and Detective Beer to the home of William Valentine Forrester. On searching the premises they found a large number of betting books, cards, double charts, and other papers relating to betting. Forrester was arrested and char cod with carrvmg oil the business and occupation of a bookmaker. He was remanded till Friday, bail being allowed.

THREE MILLION LOAN. WELLINGTON. Oct. 2(1. ' A proposal that tlm Government lie ,lr*/od to borrow a sum of C3.fJOO.OfK) in London at current rates, for advances to farmers on account of their present parlous plight, was introduced at tho annual meeting of the Wollincton Central Chamber of Commerce tonight.. Mr C. B. Buxton suggested that it was worth while to ascertain whether a loan could be. floated with Interest on a sliding seal,, dependent on the fluctuating discount value of English Exchequer bonds. He spoke at considerable length on the situation of fanners, but tbe meeting took the view that Ids suggestion required more mature consideration, and it was referred to the executive for DEATH OE BIS [TOP NEVILLEDUNEDIN. October 29tb. Riphcvp Neville. eJx-lPiimatciof New Zealand died at 7.30 this morning. Be was consecrated Bishop of Dunedin in 187] and retired in 1919.