MAYOR'S ADVANCE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 536, 20 May 1933, Page 5

MAYOR'S ADVANCE

MEN REMAIN QUIET Christchurch, Friday. After interviewing the mayor, Mr. D. G. Sullivan, the men marched to the offices of the Labour Department, seeking an interview with the officer in charge, Mr. R. T. Bailey. They were informed that Mr. Bailey was out and would meet the deputation at 1.45 p.m. The press was not admitted to the deputation. Afterward, Mr. Bailey said that the mayor agreed to advance £40 from the mayor's relief fund to relieve necessitous cases among the men. The mayor asked that the rnoney be distributed by the Benevolent Committee of the Hospital Board. Mr. Bailey said that he telephoned the Unemploymenc Board in Wellington and had placed each position before it. After hearing the result of the deputation to Mr. Bailey, the whole body of men marehed to the hospital board office, where they waited tbreequarters of an hour, while the mayor and Mr. Bailey conferred with the Benevolent Committee. The men remained quiet and good humoured, but toward the end of their wait, their patience began to fray. The outcome of the conference was that the Benevolent Gommittee ' agreed to distribute the £40 for this week and that assistance would be given to those men who normally would have been granted relief for this week. If anything could be done for them it wo.uld be done through Mr. Bailey's office, and the Benevolent Committee would grant rations only to the men who were undergoing the stand down week.