7000 PLACED.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20268, 10 August 1937, Page 2

7000 PLACED.

. FULLTIME EMPLOYMENT. > LOCAL BODIES’ CO-OPERATION. r (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) t WELLINGTON, Monday, r “I have now practically completed > my tour of the local bodies of the i ■ North Island, and the principal places j i in the South Island,” said the aoting- . Minister of Labour, the Hon. P. C. . j Webb, on his return from Taranaki. 5 “I set out about six weeks ago to 1 i place 7000 married men in work for j four months, and I am pleased to say . j that as the result of the co-operation i ! of looal bodies, that number has been i placed. In some of the smaller towns . j almost every married man available l for work has been given four months’ [ . full-time work to start with.” I Mr Webb said the work being done } was of immense value, not only to . local bodies, but nationally. Referring , to single men, the Minister said there ' j was certainly a considerable number fit for any class of work, but it had ] to be admitted that there was a large, t number registered as single men who r were too old to work. They might be . regarded as 41 burnt-out ” industrial ■ | workers. i j 44 For those able to work,” said Mr • ‘ Webb, 44 I am hoping to make arrangei ! ments so that suitable employment , | will be found to alleviate the distress i that undoubtedly exists among single men. I notice that a large number of i 5 men are seasonal workers. Under the | conditions /uling prior to the depres- | sion these men always experienced a j period of unemployment during the , winter, but under the present condiI tions they register as unemployed 14 ! days after they finish their work. They ■ , are thus helped by relief payments j over that period. I am confident that when seasonal work becomes available ; again there will be a very substantial j reduction in the number of unemployed.”