THE UNEMPLOYED.
A deputation comprising the representatives of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council Employers’ Association, local bodies, and local members of Paliament, asked the Minister of Labour to provide work for the unemployed. It was stated that about 1500 were out of, work in Wellington, and all that could be raised was about £2200, with the Government subsidy. In reply, the Hon. J. A. Millar said that they were face to face with a very tough problem. The Government was anxious to do all it could, but it could only spend what Parliament provided. He thought the Unions should do something out of their funds. The Government was sending about 700 men to bushfelling, railway and other works. That was the most it could do. If puplic works were to be pushed on they must either borrow money or increase taxation. He was obtaining information as to the working of unemployment legislation in England and Germany, The deputation’s views would be laid, before his colleagues, and all that was possible would be done.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 464, 10 July 1909, Page 3
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174THE UNEMPLOYED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 464, 10 July 1909, Page 3
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