THE UNEMPLOYED.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 213, 7 September 1921, Page 10

THE UNEMPLOYED.

NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION. A FAVOVRABTJE COMPARISON. iT.y Telegraph.—l'recs Association.) WELLTXOTOX. Tuesday. Referrincf to the question of unemployment in tlie Dominion to-day, Mr. T. Shailer Wcston expressed the opinion ■that the unemployed prolilem was not nearly as bad as some people misrht think. Indeed, the Dominion \va* fortunate in that respect, a-5 compared with come othnr countries. Mr. Weettm quoted the following figures:—CJreat Britain: Kumber of unemployed approximately 1 .."SOn.nnn; population approximately ' 4.">,00n,000; percentage, 3.3; United Plate-: Number of unemployed approximately "..000.000: population approximately 135.000,000; percentage. 4: New Zealand: Xumber of unemployed approximately 3.000, calculated on the basis of reported numbers of unemployed in the four main centres; population approximately 1,230,000; percentage, 4. *> A WELLINGTON SCHEME. GUARANTEED WAGE nJVARRAXTS. (By Telegrapli. — Press AFsoclation.l WELLTNT.TOX, Tuesday. A deputation consisting of Mr. T. M. Wiltord. M.P.. and J. W. MoEwan, Mayor of Petone, waited on Sir Francis . Bell, ActiiHr-l'rime Minister, to-day, and Tequested that the Government should complete the roadirtf! of the Wilford Settlement in the llutt Valley, in order to provide work for unemployed. It was suggested by Mr. Wilford that the Government should back the wage warrants of the workers on the Guernsey market plan, in order to finance the „ undertaking. He stated-that local shopkeepers were willing to accept warrants. Sir Francis Bell said »c would a~k the aiiniister of Lands if money was available for completing the reading work, but be ihad no power to guarantee wage variants, an idea which did not attract him.