A SOUND PLAN

Grey River Argus, 3 May 1934, Page 6

A SOUND PLAN

FOR N.Z. RECOVERY Auckland Proposals TO REPLACE DOLE SCHEME (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND. May 2, Alter neqi-lv five mouths' eonsideraDon. flic committee set up by th? conference of local bodies ami others interested. has submitted a report. It declares Hint th.- present system of relief is ne,t satisfactory and not in the community’s best interests, and recommends the unemployed, pending re-absorption into industry, should be granted susteuanc.e payment on a scale laid down in the original act of 1930, and throughout the whole period of •heir disemployment . Steps should be taken to restore trade union conditions ami constructive work should be carried out at standard rates of pay. As it seems impossible to find employment for v.lj workers in land development. a place must be found for a great number of unemployed in s?condury indus-t ries. A. full ad van tagp should he taken of most modern machinery in ail industries, and hours ' f labour adjusted in accordance with the amount of labour displaced by machines. Ah economic land settlement policy should be inaugurated on lines of village <iu,| group sett lenient, ami new industries established to absorb boys ainl girl s leaving school. The Committee declares that the

first step toward recovery is to increase the purchasing power, which '■an be done by finding- useful ami I rofi table work in primary and sec--1 ndary industries ami recommends on immediate economic, survey to determine what are the possibilities of maintaining or improving the standard of living for people of New Zealand. apart from exchange- of produce overseas. To give immediate relief locally, -the committee recommends the issue of municipal credit nates to the amount of 25 per cent. of the ordinary expenditure of municipal authorities. 1‘ strongly urged that Parliament should hold a special session or devote the greater part of next session to unemployment . £lOOO for Relief FROM LYTTELTON HARBOUR BOARD. Oil I?1ST( 'll URCII. May 2. Lyttelton Harbour Board decided today to give £lOOO for the relief jf distress in the city :i n,| the surround ing districts this winter. This grant, which is the same amount as that given by the Board last yei'.r. wit] bo divided into two sections of £5OO each. One will go to a fund being raised by tin* Canterbury Progress League, ami the ether amount will Id* distributed in districts in the Board's representation area n s decided by a special committee of the Board. DUNEDIN COUNCIL PARTLY RESTORE CUT. DUNEDIN, May 2. The city ('..uucil to-night decided to restore two and a-h:Jf ."<‘r cent, of the 111 per cent, cut in wages and