DIRE STRAITS
(Press Assn.
MILLERTON UNEMPLOYED MARCH INTO WESTPORT
— By Telegraph — Copyrtght)
Westport, Monday. A deputation of 43 unemployed from Millerton eame into town and interviewed the deputy chairman of the Buller Hospital Board, Mr. Fox, in the absence of the chairman, the Hon. W. H. Mclntyre, who is at Nelson. They stressed their dire necessity in view of cuts and stand down week. The deputation also waited on Mr. II. E. Holland, M.P., who got in touch with the Minister of Employment, the Hon. Adam Hamilton, and. ascertained from him that a meeting of Cabinet was being held to-night and that the decision would be made known in the morning. In the meantime, the unemployed r.re waiting in town, the board having given orders for tea, bed and hreakfast. Failing some relief, the members of the deputation stated that women would come and join them in their protest. They said that they were worse off than the unemployed elsewhere, having no gardens or means of supplementing their earnings at Millerton, while there was no fund there from which assistance could be given, such as the mayor's fund in the cities.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 404, 13 December 1932, Page 5
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