HUNTLY UNEMPLOYED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 188, 1 April 1932, Page 5

HUNTLY UNEMPLOYED

(Press. Assii.-

all rejlief ^yoric. in bl^T^I9f "DECjLAJlEb "black" * POLICE REjNEpRGEjj

— By Telegraph — Copyrlght).

AUCKLAND, Thupsclay. : In view pf the present trouble at Huntly among, r.elief workers, ,a sprgeant, fqur cpnstables... and two .d,etqctiyes w.ere.passengers from Auckland th)g mo.rnipg. .... . - ,. .. All. rqliqf '\york at . Huntly has 'bqep declared "black." A puipber. of upemploye.4 y^erq detailed yesterday to cie^r thq railwpy.. line of gprse qn.d scrub in thp, .central part of fhe town for reliqf v^pges of 12/- per day. ,Yest.ercjay morning a cpmmittee of pnemployed. men refuged, to lep the- men work .on the job unless they, . wppe paid pajjway. surfapeipen's "Wdges, 14/ per .day, This work is include d on the "black" list. . ... Ab'out 1,60 men are reporte.d to ||ave demonstrated yesterday apd toJay efforts have lieen made tq stop men .frpm, -yyprking oii rejipf jobs. A report this morjiixig sf3t.es tlaaf a prqcession of me-ri w^lked f qpr mil.es. to Wangape and persuaded six Maoris on rplief ityoyk there to cease wqrk. The Rotorua express was . specially stopped at Huntly this morning to set down the poiice party from Auckland. All drainage and swamp work in ^nd around Huntly has been "blackIisted" by the felief workers, who state that the occupation is unhealthy and uncongenial. Over 200 unemployed men are affected by this trquhle qnd no work has been done by them .so fap this week.