INADEQUATE RATE

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 9, 11 July 1934, Page 16

INADEQUATE RATE

SUSTENANCE PAY

AUCKLAND RESOLUTIONS

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, July 10,

A large meeting in tho Town Hall tonight passed two resolutions, calling on the Government to provide better conditions for the unemployed, and urging Parliament to devote- tho time saved by the shortening of the Address-in-Rcply debate to a discussion of tho unemployment situation with a view to applying a remedy that will improve tho conditions of unemployed and their dependants. The meeting was convened bya citizens ' committee which has been studying the problem. The speakers included Mr. G. W. Hutchison, Mayor of Auckland, Dr. Liston, Roman Catholic Bishop, and the Rev. W. W. Averill. The following resolution was parsed: —"That this public meeting of citizens of Auckland protests against the inadequate living allowance provided by tho Unemployment Board. This meeting further urges tho Government to cooperate with local bodies with a view to absorbing unemployed on standard rates of pay for all work done, and to pay sustenance at a iatc not less than the present rate for relief work to all who cannot be thus absorbed." A second resolution was:—"That this public meeting of Auckland citizens urges Cabinet and the members of Parliament to devote the' time saved as a result of tho shortened debate on the Address -in Reply to discussion upon the unemployment problem as it exists now, with the express object in view of applying a remedy that, will effectively improve tho conditions of relief workers, sustenance men, and their wives and children "■■