THE UNEMPLOYED.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2510, 1 June 1893, Page 2

THE UNEMPLOYED.

In Christchurch the mayor waited upon the Minister for Labor on behalf of a number of men out of work. He said he believed tuere were now 200 men on the books of the Labar Bureau, many of whom were married and had families to support. They asked that something should be done at once to find work for them. The Hon. Mr Reeves said that on learning that so many men were in want of work he at once sent an urgent telegram to the Premier as the Minister for Public Works. He might mention that the bureau was not intended for making work, but for seeing that men werp sent to places where w°rks were going on. Be had sent for Mr Lonm, the local agent, and the men would bo tabulated and sent to works most suited to their various conditions as soon os employment could be found for them, The Government were making arrangements by which men could be sent to Cheviot, but these would be married men, who would of course have the preference over those with no one depending on them. It was quite likely some work would also bo found in the North Island. The mayor made referenpe to the fact tjiat when thp men finished tin ir work in the country districts they Availably made for the city, as there was not much doing in the country at the present time ; this helped to swell the number on the books of the bureau. Mr Reeves said this had always beeu the case iu the New Zealand, and the travelling population had become one of the institutions of the colony,'' ‘ijtjj considered local bodies should do something towards finding work, especially fop elderly men. He thought jt was scarcely fair to throw the whofS onus of finding work upon the Government.