DUNEDIN’S UNEMPLOYED
6. By Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright. DUNEDIN, Jan. 14. The Mayor of Dunedin, Dir Taverner, tsated that the unemployment problem is causing him great concern. The C'-itv Council is unable at present to do very much more than it has accomplished. and the outlook is not bright. Regarding the £2OOO grant from the Government, the Council draws up a schedule of work, the Public Works Department then approves the schedule and the Labour Office selects the men for employment. These are all married men. and they receive 14s per day. About 50 men are engaged in relief works being carried out. Mr J. H. Lightfoot, Officer in Charge of the Labour Department, states that there are 164 married men and 146 single men on the waiting list, a. total of 310, which represents an increase of 35 on' Monday of last week,
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1929, Page 6
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143DUNEDIN’S UNEMPLOYED Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1929, Page 6
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