THE UNEMPLOYED.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2578, 12 August 1909, Page 5

THE UNEMPLOYED.

THE -POSITION IN WELLINGTON

(Per*. Press Association.! WELLINGTON, August 11

Auout 700 names have been registered Avitb the secretary of the citizens’ unemployed relief fund since the list was opened first. Some twenty recent arrivals from the country have sought registration during the last few days, but they have been recommended to return to the country, as they could not be alloAved to participate in the work benefits of the fund. Taking into reckoning the wages to be paid this Aveek, about £IOOO will have been disbursed from the relief fund up to SaturdaA 1 next. The total subscriptions up to date are £1731 8s Id. The latest subscription received is £1 from St. Matthews’ Anglican Church, Makara. Air Wm. Allan announced at the Wellington Presbytery to-day that £S had been raised by the Greytown North congregation ? and a member of the congregation had given work to ten semiunemployed. / • Dr. Gibb expressed gratification at the manner in which the churches had responded to the appeal for assistance. Thirteen men ha\*e started work on excavations for the foundations of the proposed new fever hospital for lington. The Wellington Hospital Trustees are expecting to receiA-e an immediate subsidy on the expenditure from the Government, but there is some difficultv owing to the natural desire of the Government to safeguard ltselr as to the proper expenditure of all or anv moneys given, by way of subsidy to* any bodv, but more especially in cases wherein the money to be siibsidised actually has not been received by the body charged with the expenditure.

THE BUSHFELLING SCHEME. A “Post” representative visited Ran-o-itatiko Government buslifellmg works with the object of seeing how the scheme is progressing. He reports thatthe scheme has failed to fulfil expectations, and that- the Labor Department are blamed for sending up the wrong class of men. 40 already having left. About 100 remain. One point made is that had the scheme included side parties making roads and tracks, necessary as a means of excess, the surplus unskilled labor might have been employed. The Government might consider this point; otherwise the scheme will end in disaster.