ADVANCES TO WORKERS.
The Advances to Workers Act passed last session had been in operation five and a half months up to the ! 18th inst., and in that time 322 applications for advances, covering a total sum of £86,425, had been received. Mr W. H. P. Barber, M.H.R., has been informed by the superintendent of the department that 255 of these applications, covering a sum of £65,970, have been granted by the board. Six applicants declined the grants authorised, and amounting to £1,500. The net number of applications authorised by t the board is, accordingly, 249, and the sum involved £64.470. Classified according to provincial districts the applications are as follow: District. Number. Amount. Auckland 80 £20,080 Taranaki 2 275 Hawke's Bay 15 3,855 Wellington 75 19,625 Marlborough 6 1.455 Nelson 1 225 Westland 7 1,330 Canterbury 49 14.265 Otago I® 2,915 Southland 10 1,945
Total 255 £65,970 Applications are still coming in freely.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8473, 26 June 1907, Page 6
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154ADVANCES TO WORKERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8473, 26 June 1907, Page 6
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