UNEMPLOYMENT

Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1931, Page 4

UNEMPLOYMENT

POSITION IN’ BULLER. DEXmSTON UNEMPLOYED.' (By Telegraph — Per Pre»s Association ) WESTPORT, December 19. ■Mr H. E. Holland, M.P., has received •. the following communication regarding unemployment:— From the Minister in Charge of Un- . employment (11th December, 1931): "I have received your letter of the ... 7th instant with reference to the amount of the a location, fpr relief of unemployment at . Denniston. The matter is being again brought befot'? the Unemployment Board, and will have every possible consideration.” From the Minister in Charge of Unemployment (telegram 18th December, 1331): “Further, to my letter .of the 14th instant, I have approved special. Christmas grant of £5 for Denniston. Circulars containing details posted to the Postmaster.” PROVISIONS FOR CHRISTMAS. From ahe Minister in. Charge of Unemployment (14th December 1931): “I duly received your letter of the 7th instant in which you write, me 'with reference to the provision of extra work for the unemployed prior to Christmas. The matter was considered by the Unemployment Board, and arrangements were made, .to provide a sum of £15,000 additional to ordinary allocations to enable further relief to be .granted 'in the most necessitous eases. Full details in the matter have been sent to the Local Unemployment Committees concerned," Mr Holland’s comment on the fore, going communication is that the provision of £15,000 is altogether inadequate, and will only mean an average of a small fraction to the men affected. ,

GREYMOUTH COMMITTEE

.DELIBERATIONS FOR RELIEF

A meeting of the Greymouth Unemployment Committee was held on Saturday, the Mayor, Mr J. W. Greensi a d-e, presiding. The committee' considered allocations for the local bodies, and noted that about- £670 was required to give all the persons entitled to relief assistance for the week. It was considered that those persons ■who would under ordinary circumstances stand down this week, should be given their allotment. The Secretary was instructed to send a telegram to the Unemployment Board, asking for a further sum of £2OO to meet the necessary cases. At the last meeting of the Committee the. Secretary reported that three‘applications from farmers were received and these were dealt with. It was then ascertained that six other applications had been forwarded to the County. Council, who decided to defer action until their next meeting. The names of these farmers were ; , J. Jamieson l(Boddytown), W. A. Burr (Ngahere), D. Armstrong (Ngahere), J. Mulcare (Ngahere), W. Delaney (Nelson Creek), and I>, A, James (Poerual. These oppb cations were approved by the special unemployment sub-committee four days later.

It was .stated that Mr J. Mulcare had been incorrect in remarks recently in. the press to the effect that there had been too much delay after application, had been made by farmers for development work under Scheme No. SA. The Secretary was instructed to communicate with the Unemployment Board at Wellington, and ascertain their attitude with regard to the men employed on farm work under the No. 5 scheme.

THE WAGE CUT. CHRISTCHURCH, December 19. Application for the exclusion of tho woollen mill workers from the operation of the general order of the Arbitration Court reducing wages by ten per cent.., was refused in a judgment of the Court made available to-day.

FOR U.'S.A. UNEMPLOYED.

40 MILLION BUSHELS OF WHEAT.

WASHINGTON, December 19

The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a Bill on Saturday authorising the Farm Board to give forty million bushels of its surplus wheat ior the finding of 'the uniempioyed. i.t

will be pressed for action in the Senate on Monday.

The Department of Agriculture has announced that the winter wheat acreage has been reduced by ten point four per cent. This is much less than was expected, the reduction in ’.lie new .acreage being 38,682,000 acres. The condition of the winter wheat on December Ist, was seventy-nine point four per cent.