DISTRESSED CHINESE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 138, 13 June 1934, Page 11

DISTRESSED CHINESE.

UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD VIEW (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Some misunderstanding has arisen in connection with Chinese who are in distress throughout New Zealand, according to a statement issued to-day by the Unemployment Board. "Some little time ago," the statement runs, "Mr. W. W. Chan, of the Chinese United Christian Mission, in company with the Rev. Y. K. Chan, visited the office of the board before he went to Auckland, and discussed' the position of distress among Chinese in various parts of New Zealand. It was explained to Mr. Chan that unless Chinese were registered the Unemployment Board could not deal iwith the situation. I "Mr. W. W. Chan, who was working among his people, visited Auckland, and while there evidently discussed with his countrymen methods by which the distress could be relieved among them. The Unemployment Board had no knowledge of these particular proposals and could not contemplate adopting the suggestion as it appeared in the, Press that workless Chinese, subsidised by the board, would be enabled to run community gardens, growing vegetables in competition with others in the trade. "The misunderstanding is unfortunate, as the board fully appreciates the sincerity of the motives which actuated Mr. W. W. Chan and the Rev. Y. K. Chan .when they discussed the matter in the board's, office."