NO RELIEF

Grey River Argus, 10 November 1931, Page 6

NO RELIEF

FOR UNEMPLOYED Mr O’Brien Quotes Cases (Special to “Argus.”) WELLINGTON, November 9. The Minister of Healtlhi was asked by Mr Jas. O’Brien in the House today !if he would take steps to have the Hospital Boards supplied with sufficient money to enable thorn to relieve the necessitous cases, and particularly the case wher e men cannot be given wefrk under the unemployment schemes to keep themselves and their families. Applicants for relief are frequently told that none can be granted because no money is f ava)i.lab'le, Mr O’Brien said. In the meantime, such applicants and their families are 'in a desperate situation. Mr Young, in reply, said that a sum to. enable the G’overiyment to make advances to the Hospital Boards, which require assistance by extraordinary ohitdoor relief has been providled, and applications from any such I Board will be dealt with as provided for by Section 54 of the Hospital Act amd by Section 19 of’the Finance Act Nov 4, at present before the House All of the Boards would be duly notified.

More Work Asked FOR THE WESTLAND UNEMPLOYED. (Special to “Argus.”) WELLINGTON, November 9. A question affecting the unemployed iai th|e Westland district wa s asked by Mr J. O’Brien in the House to-day, when he urged Tie Minister in jCharge of Unemployment, to make immediate arrangements to give the unemployed workers sufficient work and remuneration to keep themselves and tjheir famjilies i n the necessaries of life. Mr O’Brien said that he had just received w'ord from Westland that a married ,man with a wife and family hiad oujly received one day's work in two weeks. Mr Coates said that the money was distributed aceordfng to the number of the unemployed in each district. The responsibility was upon the local Unemployment Committee there t 0 see that the m one y w as distributed acc or dingily. The funds were limited and the best was being done Cn the circumstances.