FEMALE UNEMPLOYED

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 50, 27 August 1931, Page 6

FEMALE UNEMPLOYED

SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETS

T|io first ,m'oeting;of tho recently-ap-pointed spc'ciab.commiUoo to consider tho question ot- unemployment umongst women took place in"Wellington yesterday. The members—Mi. It. b. Thontson, Under-Secretary for Immigratibu (chairman), Mr. P. Campbell (Wellington), Mrs. Marshall Macdonaid (Dunediu), and Miss J3. E. Carna ■ chau (Auckland) —assembled .yesterday' and met the members of the Unemployment Board. The chairman of tho Unemployment Board, the Hon. S. G. Smith, thanked the members of tho committee, on behalf of the board, for accepting office, and cordially welcomed them. Ho exprossed tho hopo that as a result of their investigations and recommendations tho way would bo nmdo clear for the co-ordination of tho'splendid volun> tary efforts bow being made in various parts of tho Dominion by tho women's unemployment committees. Both tho lady members of tho committoO had a, reputation which . was'backed ■by ripe experience) and sound judgment, and Mr. Campbell had been specially chosen by ■ reason of his close interest in, and knowledgo of, tho secondary industries. Mr. Thomson, the chairman, had. boon selected because of his intimate knowledge of procedure, tho satifaetory manned. in which lie .had handled immigration,^ including that'of domestic servants, vand his association with tho Unemployment Investigation Committee.'.' ■',': . .;„■..■ "'>■,£.'■..'. Mt. J. S.;Jessop, doputy chairman, of, Unemployment Board, also ten-S tere'd congratulations to the membeYs;of the eomtaittße, and said.that incite difficult circumstances the country was passing through steps would perhaps have to be taken which were not pleasant, but were yet in the interests of all concorned. Mr. P. B. CHmio and Mr. W. Bromley, othor members of tho board, also joined in welcoming the committee, and thb'tWo; ladies suitably: replied. ■ 1' Aofeording to the; order "of reference, "tho recommendations' of the committee must bo/3n tho hands of the board hot later than 30th September. All the sittings of tho committee will be held in Wellington/ Stops have been taken to have the women's unemployment committeos in the four main cities recognised as the official" organisations in. tho|Bcr'ieQTitrcs";s67t£ur";.'~as diistrcsS: amongst women-is coricei'iie'd. ' ' '