THE UNEMPLOYED.
A SHORTAGE OF LABOR. MEN REFUSE WORK. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Saturday. W. Glennie, Harbo r Board labor fore-1 man, yesterday had great difficulty in finding labor' on the wharves. The s.s. Turakimi and Morayshire caused a rush and when 2H men were wanted at eight o'clock they could not be got. Several, when approached, refused to work and Mr. (Ilonnie had to take men oil' whitewashing work in order to meet the •emergency. Mr. McLaren, M.P., secretary of the Wharf Laborers' Union, to a Post reporter said this was' no surprise to him. The best men had gone to Australia. He could understand men who were regularly employed by the shipping companies or on coal work refusing, as their albsence would prejudice their future long engagements. It did not pay to take up a few hours' "chance work."
IMPROVING OUTLOOK AT CHRISTCHURCH. Chii6tchurcli, Saturday. A good many of the unemployed have got jobs privately. Some little gardening work is available, Unit tire weather prevents. Some men arc being sent to Broken River on Monday, but a good number decline the Government's' offer of work there at an average of 8s fid per day, not caring to leave the city. They say the money could not maintain two homes, one in the city and the other at the works.
Mr. T. E. Taylor, M.P., with otlur city and district members, are doing all they possibly can to And work for the men, and says the men ought to be glad to get work at anything or anywhere, if the cases 'were really as necessitous as made out.
Fanners have no work for ordinary laborers at this time of the year, except at gorse cutting, and not' much ol that is oll'ering.
Napier, Last Night. A considerable number of men arc out of work in Napier, The corporation lias many on its books awaiting employment, and at the Labor liurean applications for work are becoming numerous. Applicants at the charitable aid office for relief include a large proportion of new arrivals in tin- district.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 134, 5 July 1909, Page 2
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345THE UNEMPLOYED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 134, 5 July 1909, Page 2
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