CITY RELIEF WORK

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 104, 26 January 1933, Page 10

CITY RELIEF WORK

Short Time This Week TWO HOURS’ DEDUCTION Relief workers hi Wellington have had to accept two hours short of their full allocation of work this week. The same cut in work operated last week. The effect Is that in the ease of a “four-day” man only 30 hours’ work would be offered instead of 32, and the deduction of two hours applies to men in all classifications. This cut has to be made In accordance with the notifications made by the Unemployment Board. With an eye on its immediate and probable funds, the Unemployment! Board advises local bodies and authorities supervising relief works of the amounts which can be allocated to different areas and of any cut which may be necessary in the allocation of work. POSITION AT PALMERSTON 1 Reply by the Minister Dominion Special Service. Palmerston North, Jan. 25. Replies to the telegrams sent to the Minister of Employment yesterday regarding the plight of single unemployed men in Palmerston North were received last night by the mayor, Mr. A. E. Mansford. and the Palmerston North Hospital Board. In each case the replies stated: “In. reply to your telegram, instructions have already been given for local single unemployed to be considered in exactly the same way as the single men generally and under the same conditions.”