THE UNEMPLOYED.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. 1 ' ' Christchurch, Saturday Night. This morning the Mayor received the 1 following message from the Hon. J. Carroll, Acting Prime Minister, in reply to i an enquiry relative to the granting, of Government subsidies on relief funds ■ raised for the unemployed:—The Government is not contributing to any municipal work either in Wellington or elsewhere; private subscriptions are sub- ' sidised only where the expenditure is on national work approved. - Wellington, Last Night. During the past week 223 unemployed hatib registered the names at the Wel- ' lington office of the Labor Department, ■ 76 being married men (with 260 .persons ' dependent upon them) and 148 being single. The number ig less than during some previous weeks, when as many as s * SOO 'signed the hook.. During last week .. 37 were sent to work by the Govern- ■ ment, 20 being despatched to the Gis- - borne railway' works, whilst 17 were • tent to private employment.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 147, 19 July 1909, Page 3
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155THE UNEMPLOYED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 147, 19 July 1909, Page 3
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