UNEMPLOYMENT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 35, 2 June 1914, Page 6

UNEMPLOYMENT.

A DUNE DIN DEPUTATION. * i , Sufi

[Pee Prej«s Association. 1

Dunedin, June 2

A depiction organised, bythe<)tago Labour Council,waited.; on this morning. Tiie speakers represented various unions. -The Hon. Paul saidthat a very large number of men and women were unemployed and lie urged "the "ftoverrimeht to put in hand immediately any work which could Gn the question of immigration Mr Paid said that the whole matter should be inquired into and some radical change must be made. Men and women were com* ing to. Xew Zealand as assisted immigrants who were neither farm, laobrers nor domestics.

Mr Massey replied that where there was unemployment and a genuine desire to find work he was willing to help and was going to do so. He would communicate with the Ministers for Works and Railways and ascertain how many men could be employed. The Government were in a sound position and able to go on with public works where required in New Zealand. Regarding immigration, he said that if they could encourage immigrants to go to country districts they were actually assisting the people in the towns. He was surprised to learn that women were unemployed.. It was much more difficult to find..employment..for women than for men.