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REPRESENTATIVES ON THE CENTRAL BODY.
At the same meeting Mr. T. D. Chapman was elected to serve
on the Central Body, in place of Councillor J. M. Levy, who retired
by effluxion of time.
Alderman C. Pascall was re-elected.
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.
Mr. J. M. Hartley was appointed Clerk to the Committee.
Mr. W. Ready and Mr. A. Timberlake were again appointed
Investigation Officer and Assistant Clerk respectively.
SUB-COMMITTEE.
A Sub-Committee, composed of the following members, was
formed for the purpose of classification of the persons registering,
and the selection and interviewing of those recommended for work
or emigration:—
The Chairman and Vice-Chairman.
Councillor W. A. Gillies, Mr. G. Jarvis,
„ R. B. Wallace, „ W. Neighbour,
Mrs. Graves, Miss Haig.
RE-OPENING OF REGISTER.
The Register of Unemployed was re-opened on the 1st
November, 1906; posters announcing same having previously been
placed in various parts of the Borough.
Applications were received at the Committee's Offices, 15, Great
Church Lane, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily, except
Saturday. The women were seen separately. A waiting room was
provided.
The Investigation Officer visited the home of each applicant for
registration and made other necessary enquiries, both in and outside
the Borough, particulars of which were entered on the Record
papers and reported to the Committee, to guide them in their
duty of classilication, in which, and in their general procedure,
the Committee strictly followed the General Instructions of the
Central Body.
The selection of persons recommended for work and emigration
was made by the Sub-Committee, each applicant appeared before
them and was informed of the conditions attached to his employment
or emigration, in the latter case a guarantee for repayment of
part cost being necessary.