LIMIT REACHED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 269, 8 July 1932, Page 5

LIMIT REACHED

(Press Assn.-

taxation burden EXPRESSION OF OPINION FROM HON. ADAiyi HAMILTON UNEMPLOYMENT MEASURES

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WELLINGTON, Thursday. That New Zealand, with a popu-: lation of 1,500,000 people, has reached the limit of taxation, in finding £3,500,000 per year for the relief o£ unemployment, was the view expressed by the Hon. Adam Hamilton, acting Minister of Employment at the annual conference of the New Zealand Farmers' Unlqn. — Thi§^ £3,500,000, he said is coUectfed by taxation, and it was the .Government's object, to make it go as. far as possible. t One redeeming feature . was that New Zealand was carrying unemployment costs out of revenue, while the country would have £2,000,000 wortli of improvements to show for the exr penditure of £3,500,000. Mr. Hamilton then referred to the various schemes in operation. Nine thousand men were employed on the No. 4A Scheme, and he asked the farmers not to create the atmosphere that the farmer was getting chsap lqbour. One thousand men were employr ed under No. 4B scheme, which prbr vided men engaged for contract on farms, while other schemes also had provided employment for men on farms. If the farmers were prepared to establish camps for unemployment, the Government woul'd go a long way to assist. Four or fivs thousand men were employed hy Local bodies. Various Schemes Scheme No. 6A dealt with caihps on highways, and 1,700 men were out on this scheme. No. 7 scheme, he eontinued, provided for employment on farms of boys just left school. !It would do any boy good to spend three years on a farm, and farmers could help by taking these boys. No. 8A scheme was for gold prospeeting. The undertaking of the small farm scheme was another means of finding work for people. If a farmer wanted a share milker, the Unemployment Board would provide £250 to build a cottage, which the farmer could repay in 10 years. The board would also lease 10 acres from any farmer and a married couple would be put on it, the board providing sustenance for th'e first few months. Everyone knew that the farmers were suffering, but at least they had plenty to eat. The people in the cities were in dire straits, and the Government wanted to get as many of them into the country as possible. He hoped that the farmers would not think of people better,off, but of those worse off. After the Minister had answered a numher of questions, he was accorded a vote of thanks.