WHERE IS THE GAIN ?
(By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.") .--,: CHBISTCHUKCH, This Day. One hundred single men will be given this week in the vicinity of Christchurch, stated Mr. W. E. Leadley, a. member of the Unemployment Board/; to a meeting of the Citizens' Unemployment Committee yesterday. Mr. Leadley said that tho Givernjneftk had put ".'-ISO men, approximately, off the Lewis Pass road work, and the. Unemployment Board had asked that pi similar number- be put on elsewhere. The secretary (Mr. P. B. Climie): "What has been, gained if 180 men are j;ut oil one job and 100 put on some•where- else?'.' •Mr. .Loadiny: "Of course, that is a jruatter of Government policy. That we jpaniiot discuss." . llr. Beanlaiid: "It is just as well fa> point jfc ont all the same."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19301216.2.96.4
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 144, 16 December 1930, Page 13
Word Count
132WHERE IS THE GAIN ? Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 144, 16 December 1930, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.