“The Mayor’s Fund is Killing Us”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 163, 30 September 1927, Page 13

“The Mayor’s Fund is Killing Us”

,<usr PROVIDE RELIEF DISTRESSED SINGLE MEN •Th« Mayor'* fund is killing us mnleltly." »*' d Mr - c - G- Lind ' 60in ' , , l#CPe | ary ot the Auckland “«wploy"e nt Association this morningeiven to tile Mayor's fund is Irovid; work, but we still have the ' ■ Q [ providing relief of distressed 'tiles However, much work will nrovided by the city fund there is *ll a tremendous amount to oe done feed and clothe the destitute. vur funds are lor sustenarce. arid oust keep going, for many depend ®rhere came under the notice of the iilatlcu recently a family of six. “■“k was living in a house bare of clothing arid blankets. Kveryhad been disposed of to keep the h Hren a food, and the last trace of ljuusehold bedding was the pawn aasociation was able to supply , ‘3, e immediate requirements except toother case which the association V i difflc Jity in getting work for was iit of a single man with 11 depeniiints, tfce oaly breadwinner in the ft oily. •“SinHlo men,” remarked Mr. LindsaV this morning, ‘aro being herd hit. Many of them have deoerdart* to keep, but are barred ‘rom v'ork by the preference given •very* here to married men. Every cue »hould be considered on its merit*" Yesterday a single man in very bad r-aits collasoed la the office.” The section, of the "gate" at to-mor- , Ktgby natch will go to the funds ' the Unemployment Association, and ' clie grounds will be sold an unlinked suPPkf °f artificial flowers preo,red by a number of girls whom the j soclat on has set to work. The association is receiving from • irious sources supplies of bread and o her provisions, but stocks are not yet <i9cient. The association has now insailed I. telephone—number 46-353. Mr. Lindsay expressed the associa- ■ jn » stutkude for the great help that ne Auckland Jewish Women's Zionist [ iciety has given.

forestry camps TO CLOSE DOWN

MEN TO BE PAID OFF MANY of the unemployed who have found work in the Forotry Department's treeplanting tamps at Riverhead and Maranarua will be paid off tomorrow. The euxvpis, each of which employed !S men, were arranged to work until the end of September, and as the main planting schemes have now been completed they have to be closed down. The block on which the unemployed have been working is an area of 3,000 acres of low hills and barren-looking lower coun’:;.*y. Employment on the block has been t great sta ndby for the district, about half the wen being drawn from the snail farmers and “jobless” men, and about half from the city’s unemployed.

UNEMPLOYMENT FUND GROWS

The Mayor’s appeal for funds to provide work for unemployed has had a Ine response. It is now approaching the second thousand pounds. The :oUotdng donations are ac-

BENEFIT CONCERT BY BLIND INSTITUTE In lid of the unemployed funds a wacert was given in the Concert namoer last evening by pupils and Lnrni the Jubilee Institute for * d ’ Gristed by other talent, if S! supplied the first part -i Programme, choir, recitation and ltem * being particularly ToW: «ey, Messrs. Barry Wim*’ MclSlwain, Bishaw and Kt * Andrew’s Quartu* * M.sses May Bain and Roza * d the secorjd part of the

PENNY DAY

WKIIPIS FROM SCHOOLS 'aonaiK? fl L om the Penny day held % Th! s J 1 T fc,Urb{i n schools are mountW F n «nn>loyment Association *«st <>s 2d from Richmond Grey Lynn. £1 11» 2d *3 lli l? n * roK! * To Pa pa pa. Cl it* . from Mount Albert ,and “ 61 &om 3t. Heliera.

Itnovrled gee!:-— £ 8. d. Piously acknowledged 1229 lb 0 *uta British Insurance Co. . 150 lackland Harbour Board .. 100 0 0 •writ Court and Sons . . . . 50 0 0 employee# of. Howard. Abbott. Ltd . . .. 5 1 0 Juraa 1Volr Cab Pack .. .. 10 0 * E Jchnston 10 0 0 fttil! this morning .. .. £1545 6 0