RELIEF RATIONS
(Press. Assn.-
INCREASE IN TAXATION MENTIONED BY MINISTER
-By Telegraph — Copyright).
CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. The Mayor, Mr. D. G. Sullivan, received a telegram to-day from the acting Minister of Employment, th'e Hon. Adam Hamilton, stating that- ari increase in the relief rations -has been granted, to be given only if ji further increase in the unempioyment taxation is imposed. It * was even doubtful, the Minister stated, whether the present scale -of relief could be maintained without an increase in taxation. . c. - The Minister's telegram Vas iil 'eply to Mr. Sullivan's communication, following a conference held in Christchurch to consider the Government rationing scheme. Mr Sullivan intends to call the eon"erence together again and consider ;he Minister's telegram, and discuss ;he possible steps to assist in securing more adequate relief for those in aeed.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/RMPOST19320716.2.39.3
Bibliographic details
Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 276, 16 July 1932, Page 5
Word Count
134RELIEF RATIONS Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 276, 16 July 1932, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Rotorua Morning Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in