UNEMPLOYMENT

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2588, 4 December 1931, Page 5

UNEMPLOYMENT

The Position in Feildin* MEETING OF COMMITTEE LABOUR AIARKET IMPROVING SINGLE v. AIARRTED AIEN HARD AND UNFORTUNATE CASKS QUOTED Owing to idle increasing output at the freezing works and the absorption of men, the unemploymenT position in Feilding is improving. Figures produced at the meeting of tlio Unemployment Committee yesterday afternoon showed tlm,.. there wa? a slow improvement. YORK ON FARAIS The U,ncmp'loyment Beard forwarded a circular letter explaining tint provision allowing local bodies to employ men <>l farms under scheme. 5. the eost of such work to be borne by way of rates. The Chairman said tlie Borough Council had not discussed the prevision, which applied more to County Councils than Borough Councils. A Committee of the Council ha 11 inspected property on Kimboltou road where river protection could he carried out with ultimate benefit to the borough, and the findings of that Committee would be discussed later. Regarding the provision explained in the circular, there seemed to he little the Borough could do. The circular was not futlier discussed.

GRANTS ArADE The Clerk repnitted on the position generally in Feilding and the grants made by the Unemployment Board. Tlie Mayor said the grant was always insufficient by about 2-5 per cent. Mr Smith asked a question as to the allocation of work. The Mayor said tlie officer? were allocating the work as iairly as possible without fear or favour, and the restrictions were applied "here they would lie least felt. Tile Clerk said no married man had yet been turned down. The Engineer said the work given to married men would average about two ;jn<l a half days a week. The. Chairman said the position was being carefully controlled i,y the officers, and in comparison with other places (lie Feilding unemployed were receiving favourable consideration. REGISTRATIONS Mr Clark gave figures of registered unemployed, which showed I* l -' position was improving. In ill? past month the total had dropped from 134 to 121. the decrease being the effect of increasing employment at the freezing works. Mr Clark said hat men registering were complaining that the freezing works were employing single mqu and passing over married men. The Chairman said the Committee could hardly do anything about it. Mr Jones said lie did not feel like making suggestions to the proprietors of tb.2 freesing works. The reason for the choice was than the proprietors had sent over foremen from the Pakipaki and these foremen employed their own gangs from Hawke's Bay. This meant that a number of local turn had lost their jobs. It was unfortunate. Tlio Committee agreed it wa.? unfortunate. PERSONAL There were present at the meeting tlie Mayor (Mr C. E. Taylor) in tlio choir, and Messrs C. Clark (Postmaster). T. K. Hav. T. Collins. A'. E. Smith, R. Jones,, and Rev. F. Copeland.