UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD’S ALLOCATIONS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4541, 9 December 1930, Page 3

UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD’S ALLOCATIONS.

£20,000 distributed. As a' result of the Unemployment Board’s offer to local authorities of subsidies up to a total of £25,000 on'the basis of £2 for £1 as a special expediency measure for the relief of unemployment oyer the Christmas, season, a considerable number of applications were received and considered. Up to Friday, when 'the board held its last meeting for the week, allocations amounting to £19,350 hajve been made by the' board and approved by the Minister of Finance. The boat'd is only recommending subsidies on works carried out with money derived from other than Government sources. 'The list of allocations is as follows : £ Christchurch City Council 1530 Auckland Oty Council 733 Napier Borough Council 124 New Plymouth Borough Council 400 W'airau River Board 100 Invercargill City Council 543 Taranaiki County Council 300 Stewart Island (County Council , 50 Auckland City Council 1400 Bluff Borough Council 120 Waimakariri River Trust 200 W aimakairi County Council 450 Ileathcoto County Council 702 Greymouth Borough Council 107 Wellington City Council 4000 Mosgiel Borough Council 48 Mount Albert Borough Council 250 Ileathcoto (County Council and Lyttelton Borough Council combined 400 Patangata County Council 300 Ilokianga County Council 585 Inglewood Borough Council 285 Brighton Domain Board 100 'Clutha County Council 400 Grey County Council 150 Gore Borough Council 64 Dunedin City Council 573 St. Helier’s School Comcittee 295 Blenheim Borough Council 200 Johnsoniville Town Board 96 Taranaki County Council 100 Opotiki Borough Council 100 Otago Harbour Board 1500 Paparua County Council 160 Peninsuila County Council 200 Stratford County Council 56 Waimate Borough Council 100 Stratford Borough Council 205 Te Awamutu Borough Council 250 Henderson Town Board 173 Christchurch City Council 400 Kaitangata School Committee ' 40 Mangawhau School Committee 145 Tisibury School Committee 25 Wjinton Borough Council 200 ■Waihi Borough Council 244 Lower Jflutt Borough (Council 400 Napier Girls’ High School - 433 Total - £19,356

LOCAL COMMITTEE'S,

SUGGESTED CONSTITUTION.

Tlio board has adopted suggestions made, 'by the (North Taranaki Unemployment Belief Committee, whieh has set out the functions of the committees as follow: — (l).'To collect and collate information affecting the problem of unemployment in the dis-

tinct. (•2) To organise individual effort. on the part of residents of the district with the object of liuding temporary worjlc for unemployed men, it duly for a few days at a time, on farms, gardens, and in such other avenues as opportunity may occur.

(3) To co-operate with and to assist existing organisations which are administering relief.

(4) To administer any fund granted by the hoard to the committee for the purpose of subsidising, on a £ for £ basis labour engaged, by any farmer in the dis-

trict through -the committee for works on his. farm leading to increased production therefrom, and .coming within the following description: (a) Felling of bush and ploughing and grassing down of new areas on the farm; (b) stumping; (e) the draining of swamps; (d) harvesting: of grass and crops. (5) To exercise a general supervision over all labour engaged through the committee. (t>) To co-operate with the ■board in all matters related to relief of unemployment as the board may.from time to time require. .

(7) To keep a. register setting out particulars of work offered to any unemployed man, stating whether he accepted such work, and if so whether lie made a reasonable effort to give satisfaction. (8) To report to the board the names of any men declining work or deliberately performing their work in an unsatisfactory manner.

(9) To appoint local committees in various parts of the districts, the duties of each local committee to be as follow: (a) To obtain and supply to the Central Committee local information required by it iu regard to any of the functions of the Central Committee as above enumerated;, (b) to supervise any labour engaged through the Central Committee for worths in the subdistrict in which the local committee functions; (e) in all matters relating to the relief of unemployment in the sub-district to cooperate with the Central Committee in such manner as the Central G'ojnmittee shall from time to time indicate.