RELIEF WORKS
new scheme outlined, extension to be gradual.
(By Telegraph —Per Press Association.)
WELLINGTON. May 15. Mr Coates makes the. following official statement in regard to the Dannevirke telegram as to the unemployment relief scheme: “The revised sea es and conditions of relief will not he confined to the city areas, nor, on the . other hand, will they be rapidly and uniformly applied to all parts of the Dominion. It is hoped that every-, where the stand-down week will be -li min a ted, but the form in whic-li the available Wds are dispensed is a matter to be determined in each area according to local requirements. Cen„raPv sp-’aking, the new scale is being applied first in the main city areas, und gradually extended outwart . There is. o' 1 course, no objection if, in any locality the allocation for unemployment relief is used in such *. way as to avoid a stand-down week bv-giv-ing work and relief evenly over the whole month. • The revising of the amount of money mad-- availab'e is constantly under consideration, the main far-tor to"'bo taken 'into eremmt' being the number of the registered unemployed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1932, Page 6
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