SUBSIDISED WORK

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20077, 25 October 1939, Page 8

SUBSIDISED WORK

SCHEME 4B FOR FARMS

STATE AID INCREASED

CONTRACTING BASIS

The prosp 'Ct of working on contract rates under the new No. 4B j scheme, and making better money; than is available in town from unskilled workers, is attracting many j men who in the past few months have been dependent on No. 13 scheme for their livelihood. Likewise the attractive subsidy features of tire new ! scheme are making a strong appeal to . those farmers who have suitable work i awaiting to be done. / i The plan lias been evolved by the ! Government with a view to placing ! men at the disposal of the farming i community, to be used on works capable of improving the productivity 1 of land. The present demand for farm : products 'or export to the United ; Kingdom, as part of New Zealand's i contribution to the Empire war effort, is at 'he bn?e of the scheme, which j now embraces work which formerly was not acceptable for subsidy by the 1 State. New Features ! These new features include the clearing of large drains, the renewal of sub-divisional fences where a substantial amount of new material is required, deferred scrub-cutting, and top-dressing of iili lands not suitable for machine-dressing. Work is valued by tlie Lands Department, and subsidies up to "5 per cent are available for works approved by that department, the extent of the subsidy being gauged of course, on the

character of ilie work. Contract rates are fixed on the capacity of the average man to earn £1 per day I by steady work. 1 Already there have been cases in : which exceptional gang.; have earned |up to £2 per day; and farmers who j have dealt wi*h good men on the | contract .principle have expressed j every satisfaction with their returns. | Wairoa district farmers have been ! quick to lake r.he fullest advantage of

Ihe new scheme, and a large volume of contracts has been carried, out or authorised in that area.