UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS
■ In: the' House of;.; Representatives -today, Mr.C: H. ; Chapman- (liabour, .Wellington North) asked: tho' Minister: of Employment whether,'in view* of the fact; that pii' September 30,'- 1934':*;tlib balance to theieredit in tho ;Unemplpyment Fund amounted:to £.1,824,953,; he would tako immediate steps to. increase the payments to the uneniployedi,';.: '■': The Minister (the Hon. J. A. 'poling) stated: that while the/cash balance .in the fund at/; September / :30. last : was £1,824,953) the, true, vbalance .(that was/ after deducting;.'taxation" paid in advanco and taking .'. ; iiitp 'account liabilities', actually incurred but'not- paid at .that date) was approximately oiily £460,000. ./This, sum represented ..only about five .weeks' reserves: of, allocations. :■■•■.•,Mr; Chapman: would therefore appreciate that; the board had :not surplus resources available to the r extent suggested by : the figure: quoted. . >
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 114, 10 November 1934, Page 7
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129UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 114, 10 November 1934, Page 7
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