Solving Problem of Unemployment

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 279, 15 February 1928, Page 8

Solving Problem of Unemployment

FARMLET SCHEME A MIXED RECEPTION While fresh evidence is aatk daily of the genuine intem <herv every section of the coT' 0 " * to check unemployment ently, little faith w JS e a specially convened b)l Auckland last evening i„ scheme advanced by the : Civic League as the*basis gible move toward solution delegates of local authorities ■ the surrounding districts ... the opinion tha 9 t the r sc?e'° e n^ be ambitious, idealistic and coSll JX order to settle 200 famiZ , s “ a^ l farms - “ waa propoiS tlie originators ot tie schem. ' £IOO,OOO. of which £50,000 wobM*' provided by the Government wSrJ* remaining £50,000 f rom bodies —approximately £4O 00« .a the city. * - "The city would have somethin say about that.” tartly remark Mayor, Mr. G. Baildon, when Si; mentioned. "to The Mayor, Mr. G. Baildon, wiv, sided at the request of the in League, mentioned at the outsafter perusing the scheme as 00 fi£ by the League, he had picked 7* of holes in it. PRINCIPLE UPHELD A resolution was passed unhnir the establishment of a permasT.' scheme to absorb unemployed in* 0 ® genial rural occupations. Uno„ ? point the conference was agreed. V after that no progress could be mil for a while, as delegates made iiZ. fectlv understood that thev could V commit their councils to any a «°- whatsoever. Mrs. H. B. Williamson wa, ~ ardent advocate of farmlet*. women know better than you the misery lying at the back of this unemployment,” the “We see the bad temper, the beat, ing of children and the arMt temptation to drink.” The Mayor was not sanguine. will have to make a lot of alteration, and improvements to this; I want - tell you that,” he said. “You are v,' going to settle ■ these people in tbm months.” Mr. W. L. West, of Waiuku. * quietly definite. When asked to ar on the committee he said: “You hau picked a lot of holes in it. We axle not give you a great deal of advice ® this —we are farmers. It is going ■ take a long time, and if you do w thing in 12 months whatever you a must be done by men who know i little about farming.” Mr. Copsey, of Avondale, was mort drastic: “Until you abolish the Arbitr tion Court, with all its foolishness, yoi will never have a remedy for the c employment,” he said. “You will wane your money—if you are foolish enough Abolish the Act and let a man mand what he is worth. This uneu ployment is only a slight instalment;,: what you are going to gez later ot. “MISERABLE MESS* The meeting was slightly ehaske. by this onslaught, and the Mayor at sured the speaker that this WL neither the time nor the place for i political discussion upon the merit of the Arbitration Act. Mr. W. J. Jordan, M.P., had an ope: mind. “The whole world could aptthat we want a remedy for oner ployment,” he said, “but I will agrewith any scheme that will get us or of the miserable mess New Zealan: is in to-day.” The final decision of the meetit: was that local bodies in the metr politan area be asked each to appear, one delegate to a conference on tii question, and in the meantime the following sub-committe will meet if discuss the merits of several alteruatb farmlet schemes that the Civic Leap has before it; The Mayor (Mr 0 Baildon), and Messrs. S. DonaMstr J- H. Hubber, A. J. Stallworthy, W. L West, I. Massey, W. J. Jordan, M.P and A. Harris, M.P. This- committf will work in conjunction with a uni committee from the Civic League it* 1 , and will meet at 3 p.m. on Mond»: next. The general conference will V assembled when a tangible scheme :■ leady for submission to it.