THE UNEMPLOYED.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Cliristchurch, Last Night. Two very handsome donations to the unemployed relief fund were received by the Mayor this morning, one of £IOO from the Christcliurdi .Meat Co. and the other of .15(1 from Messrs Bowron Bros.
The officer in charge of the local bureau of the Labor Department states that there has been a decided decrease In the number of applicants for work as compared with the past few weeks. At present the number applying for jobs is about equal to the number usually dealt with at this time of the year. He expressed.the opinion that the"continued flue weather would do much to absorb the unemployed, many of them having work they could go to if the weather were such as would permit of the work being done. It is proba'ble that additional work for the unemployed wall be found at Linwood cemetery ivhere a large amount of work vet remains to be done.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 156, 27 July 1909, Page 2
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159THE UNEMPLOYED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 156, 27 July 1909, Page 2
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