EXCEEDING THE ESTIMATES
HOSPITAL BOARDS ANO UNEMPLOYMENT
[P*» United Press Association.]
AUCKLAND, July 12. “ If wo go on relieving unemployment at the present rate, which is a charge upon the charitable aid side of the Hospital Board, wo will probably exceed onr estimates by £5,000,” said Mr W. Wallace, chairman of the New Zealand Hospitals Association, who returned today after interviewing Mr Coates and Mr Stewart on the question of unemployment. Mr Coates (he said) had referred himself and the other representatives to Mr Stewart when it came to a question of asking the Government to provide further monetary assistance. “The Government was told in very clear terms,” said Mr Wallace, “ that the greater proportion of the unemployment is due to national causes, and in view of the tendency of the unemployed to drift to the larger centres it was urged that relief of distress should he borne out of the Consolidated Fund. A non-committal reply was received from both Ministers, although they •quiodAioiA sujr o'). ejqcjaoAuj pexuees
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19280713.2.106
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 19917, 13 July 1928, Page 10
Word Count
168EXCEEDING THE ESTIMATES Evening Star, Issue 19917, 13 July 1928, Page 10
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in