WHEN WINTER COMES

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1932, Page 14

WHEN WINTER COMES

THINGS MAY BE CHANGED

MR. COATES'S HOPE

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, 29£h January. "Before the winter I hope the people in New Zealand will see quite a remarkable change in the way iv which the Government is going to deal- with the unemployment problem," said the Bight Hon. J: G. Coates, Minister in Charge, of Unemployment, speaking at the •Helensville Show to-day. "Possibly before long 10,000 souls at present in cities will move to country.districts wh.ere the whole of their efforts will be.devoted to increasing production. .- . ;. .-,.,- _ .'.:'..

"There may, perhaps, be 70,000 registered unemployed before the winter is over and' ; 250,000 in , resultant . difficulties," added Mr. Coates. "It is not the Government's-jobl to keep them, but to make the road open for them to help themselves. People must realise that it is only thrift, perseverance, and intelligence that will see us through!" Mr. Coates referred to the increased interest in gold production and the increased number of prospectors carrying on operations. ' Within the last three months 300 menhad gone prospecting, and ' another F thousand- were ready to move out to'the auriferous districts. It was possible that in twelve months there might be 5000 men earning their living by the search for gold.