THE UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2323, 16 October 1908, Page 3

THE UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM.

GABLE NEWS

LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

A DISORDERLY MEETING

United Press Association. Copyright LONDON, ,Oct. 14. There wore turbulent sconos at a mooting of the London County Council. ,Mi-: Smith, secretary of tho Right-to-Work Committee, insisted on moving tho urgency of a motion regarding provision of work for tno uuompioyetl,' although tho chairman ruled it out of order. Pooplo an the gallery created great disorder, shouting, : -We are hungry; give us work. Eventually t/koy wore oxpelled, shouting “Robbers! Hypocritosl riovoiT.il policemen and attendants vainly tried to remove Smith. Owing to obstructions by Labor members, tho Council was compelled to adjourn without transacting business.

A MELBOURNE DEPUTATION.

ASK FOR PASSAGES TO NEW ZEALAND.

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MELBOURNE, Oct. 15. A deputation of unemployed asked Mr. Fisher, Federal Labor leader, to ascertain if tho Commonwealth Government would contribute passage money *to ta. number of unemployed, to Now Zealand. They stated that the New Zealand representative in Melbourne had promised to Inquire if work could ho found for thorn in Now Zealand. Mr. Fisher, -in promising to ascertain the views of the Government, said that such a request was ta sorious commentary on tho position of affairs in the Commonwealth.

LABOa IN THE DOMINION. A NEW ZEALAND VIEW. [Piusss- Association.] WELLINGTON, Oct. 10. In reforeiico to-to-day’s cablegrams from jMelbouriio regarding unemployed, tile Labor Department's opinion is that unless a selection of man could be made on the spot it would be inadvisable for men to come here from oversea. The avenue Of employment in which there is a brisk demand is that of agricultural labor, but it is of no use to send men who are not accustomed to it or fitted for it. Invercargill and Dunedin are especially neediul of good farm laborers and Canterbury has a good capacity for them. So, too, liavo the Taranaki aud Wangainu districts iu the North Island, though thero is not much demand for them at i>resent in the Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa districts In the Auckland district tho demand exceeds the. supply. In the chief centres of population the Government offers employment on co-operative railway anti road works, preference being given to married men possessing knowledge of tho work. Throughout the Dominion, with the exception of a very few small centres, the supply of laborers exceeds the "demand, but there is always employment for the man who can adapt himself to general farm work. New Zealand, it was explained, had gained a good many men from Australia of late, and most of them were doing well. A number had come here lately in readiness tor tho Now Zealand shearing. They followed that np, and then did some work at slaughtering, and. eventually returned to Australia_ to follow shearing there until the New Zealand season came on once mere. The policy of indiscriminate immigration was not good. What was wanted, if an unemployed class was to .be dealt with, was a scheme of selection.