TWO IDLE MINES
NO SIGN OF RESUMPTION MEN RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT [Per United Press Association.] : GREYMOUTH, February, 8. There is still no'indication of a resumption of work at the two idle Grey Valley mines, Dobson'and Wallsend. Arrangements have been made for the payment of the social security unemployment benefit to the idle miners. On Wednesday afternoon six, officers from the Social Security Department visited Wallsend, and by arrangement with the, miners’, unions, the men were registered for the benefit under the Social Security Act, and! also under the State Placement Service. Under the unemployment benefit, single men will receive £1 a week, and married men an additional los for their wives and 5s for each child. It is understood that the first payments of the benefit will be made at the end of this week or the beginning of next. As the men are also being registered as unemployed under the State Placement Service, they will be available for public works jobs as these become vacant. Endeavours are being made to place available single men at Bruce Bay, and married men on the Buffer Gorge railway construction works.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19400209.2.124
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 23496, 9 February 1940, Page 12
Word Count
188TWO IDLE MINES Evening Star, Issue 23496, 9 February 1940, Page 12
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