UNEMPLOYMENT IN N.S.W.

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 261, 25 January 1928, Page 9

UNEMPLOYMENT IN N.S.W.

“NOT SO SERIOUS,” SAYS ACTING PREMIER LABOUR SECRETARY REPLIES By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. Reed. 10.30 ami. SYDNEY', To-day. The Ac ting-Premier of New South Wales, Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw. states that the unemployment problem is not nearly so serious as the Government had been led to believe. There are only 5.000 unemployed registered in the metropolitan area, and 3.000 in the country centres. The Government during the last three months has spent £IIO.OOO on relief work. The fact that the harvest has been a very light one is probably responsible for the number of men coming from the country to the metropolitan area and other industrial centres looking for work, but the recent rains make it possible for the country districts to absorb a lot of the labour which is offering. Replying to this statement, Mr. J. Garden, secretary of the Labour Council, says that Mr. Buttenshaw overlooks the fact that almost 7.000 sk.lled workers who do not register at the labour bureau are out of work. A no-overtime policy is being adopted by union members to help fel-low-members who are out of work. It is stated that unemployed at Lithgow numbering nearly 1.000 are planning to march to Sydney to interview the Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair. —A. and N.Z.

A message from Sydney on Saturday said: —Mr. J. Garden, secretary of the Trades and Labour Council, states that there are 20.000 unskilled workers unemployed throughout New South Wales. He says more unemployment exists now than at any other period since the beginning of the century*, and adds that one of the factors responsible for the present state of affairs is the unrestricted immigration policy of the Federal Government. Each week hundreds of migrants arrive frem overseas. JOBS IN DOMINIONS? ENGLAND’S WORKLESS OUTLOOK BRIGHTEST FOR SEVEN YEARS British Wireless—Press Assn. — Copyright RUGBY, Tuesday. Further reductions by over 38,000 in the number o£ persons unemployed in Great Britain is recorded by the Ministry of Labour for the week ended January 16. The number of men, women and boys unemployed was 1,193,000, which is the lowest recorded for the corresponding date of any year since 1920. The Industrial Transference BoaißL which was recently appointed to consider the question of finding work in oth,er parts of the country and in the Dominions for unemployed workers, particularly miners in areas where unemployment is acute, are making a thorough preliminary survey before visits are paid to these areas.—A. and N.Z.