UNEMPLOYMENT

Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1921, Page 1

UNEMPLOYMENT

BRITAIN”,S EN'E.MIM.OVED. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION LONDON'. Sept. 13 Tlio British Cabinet's Committee upon Unemployment have bad a long Cinifcronee. They considered the Labour exchanges report. This showed there are 1.5,27.000 workers at present wholly unemployed. In addition, about .1(10.000 workers are only workfng short time. There are ‘290,000 idle workers, who have exhausted their unemployment benefits, they being out ut week ior more than 22 weeks, but the; will be entitled to a further 10 weeks benefit from November 2.

The Cabinet lias decided that there must be no extension of the individual payments, contending that these doles a,,, the worst means of relieving unemployment. The Committee recommend that, instead, assistance he given to local authorities nut of the Treasury to leli»*vi* the unemployed. Il is understood that they enniooplate thus spending L’lP.tlilP/II >• *■ The coininiltec has discussed a huge read scheme, as a means of relieving the situation.

ENDLISI! WORKERS IN FRANCE. LONDON, Sept. l:l Two hundred ex-service men have left London to work in the French devastated areas. If this experiment proves successful other hat, lies will be sent, and will I',' paid at French l rude union rates <■! l"o Ira lies pci hour for unskilled laboili. IN CHRISTCHURCH. CHRISTCHURCH. Sept. U Methods of dealing with the unemployment situation were furthei discussed at a meeting of the North Canterbury Unemployment Committee F. Marshall, on behalf of the Repatriation Department, said that JS tinemployed were nowon the hooks, 33 of them being labourers. Twenty two of the number were married men. During the week 2!) men bad been placed ill employment, lie expressed the opinion that the position was more acute than was generally thought. Mr T. S. Fielder, lor the bah,,nr Deparliuelil. said that Id men ol the •' grade and 7 of the I! grade were now on vile local I ks of Ihe Department. (l f tbe formei heing single men, and „f the latter. A letter was read from the Minister of Railways staling i D;it work in , mined ion wit h the railways was being pushed on as ia-i as possible, blit the limillees of the "e----parliiH'Nl did mil permil of anythin ', further in the way „!' works being |>ul in baud. It was resolved that two members of the committee should wait ~li the Minister al Wellington, in rcgui'd to tlm mat iei.