UNEMPLOYMENT ACT. '

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 14 November 1930, Page 13

UNEMPLOYMENT ACT. '

REGISTRATION COMPLETE.

PAYMENT OP THE LEVY.

[MS FBBU Special Service.]

WEMJNGTON, November 13. Applications for registration under the Unemployment Act have practically ceased, and it is estimated by the Post Office authorities th#t a total of 440,000 had registered throughout the country up to to-" night. On Tuesday night, when the time for registration nominally expired, applications received numbered , |lio,ooo, but the SO,OOO registrations that come to hand after that were n<st nil necessarily made after the due date. It is considered that comparsi-' tivel.v few applications remain outstanding. ■ . The book of coupons issued to those who register contains eight connote and receipt forms, covering the quarterly payments to- be made over a period of two years. The coupon, which has to be filled in by the contributor, provides space for tne name and address of the contributor, together with.the name and address of the employer, if any. These coupons, which'vary in colour, contain the information that if the levy is not paid within' One month of the due date, a penalty of sixpence will be lidded for every month or part of a month after the first month for which tho payment is iu arrears. The book may .be preeented to any money order office for the putpose of making payment. On payment of, the levy, tho counterfoil will be receipted and the coupon detached »ad retained by the reviving offioer, Instalments of . the levy are due for parment on December Ist, March i«t, June let, and September Ist of tintii. year, although contributors m*y pay thf» nnnnni mm of 30s in (mib p»ytn*rit. Detailed Instructions ore issued with tt?e coupon book. These state that the bo«»k must be presented wliejj the ftoritributor is paying an Instalment. Provided the book is produced, payment will be received from any person #h4 on the tandem the amount of the levy.

DOMINION REGISTRATIONS,

<***»« moruTia* tnious-) WELLINGTON, November 13. There was nn increase of 868 «&&■ pared with the previous weelt, in tie" > number of unemployed registered im New Zealand for the week ended MoAday, according to a statement by the Minister for Labour (the Hon. 6, B. Smith) to-day. The cock's total tMta - 6483. Details of registration at Mow bureaux and post offiees are-.—• With Without ■ dependents, 'dependent* . Auckland .. 1151 872 Wellington .. 500 401 Ohristchnrch .. 789 349 - '' ' Dunedin .. 381 IfO J Invergargill .*.119 .5$ The total for the five centres,'wltfc the figures for the previous week a*e»«» ; Auckland .. 2023 1903 Wellington .. 901 804 Christehorch .. 1073 ' 1084 Dunedin 4 #1 808" XnvereargiU .. ITS 148 ELECTION OF JBOARD^ ■ ' , ' - r M ALLIANCE! AND UNIONS. » < ' 1 v' '* (PSMI AWQOUt«» TASMAICj WELLINGTON. November 43. Mr J. Roberta (scrota ry to %h* At linnco of Labour) says it » absolutely correct that in reply to the Minister for Labour (the Hon. 8. Q. Smith) he (aid tho objection to the methodselecting representatives on the Unemployment Hoard did. sot come from the Alliance, but from the Ho reiterates that it ww sn shMy lutely correct fctatement, ntimbers of the unions having protested against the method before the Alliance took - action, and further, that it* is a long*, standing policy of the ..Labour Movement that any person, required to Represent trade unionists in vttr Governmental position should be the trade unioniata tyemseiveac Mr. Roberto objects to it being re* ported that he deniedany ;%unnMai of a circular sent to the anions, ana, si further, that the Minuter had not »- copy. . Those statements were contrairy to tact, and both did' violence to oam» mon sense. He gives the. following M- - what took ptace art the- d6patatuM&: The Minister. stated that lie lad is-' formation frnm tbn hnimji, minn of the Alliance to the effect that hut for the protest made by the alliance tboae ■ organisations would have remained „ silent about the metbod of election. - He replied that he would like to fee a copy of the letter. Tho Minister .Mid,' ' ■ he had not a. copy of the letter, bat this been told him verbally bj men who j attended the .meetings of the affiliations of the Alliance. - Th# Minister said, however, that he had a copy of a circular in his office, whtHfeupon Mr Roberta replied s- '1 hare; a, \ cony of it heire," ana produced it. • Mr' Roberta savs that it mav be seen from the. fact that the circular !vm distributed throughout' the Domini o* and published in extenso by two, daily papers that it wonld be absurd on bis . " ; part to deny that it was sent oqt, and he did not deny it.