Hospital Boards to Help the Unfit Only

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 June 1932, Page 2

Hospital Boards to Help the Unfit Only

MINISTER CORRECTS STATEMENT BY CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN

WELLINGTON, Last Night.

There is no intention on the part of the Government to reimburse Hospital Boards for expenditure by them on unemployment relief, as may be inferred from a statement by ,Mr. Wallace (chairman) at the Hospital Boards’ Association conference, the position being that the boards will not bo sailed upog to give relief to those unemployed wlrf can do any work under the no wscheme. This explanation was made by the Minister of Employment when Mr, Wallace’s remarks were referred to him. He said it was possible that the country generally might be misled because firstly, the position as outlined by Mr. Wallace, applied more particularly to Auckland, and secondly, the classification of B and C class unemployed was not used generally throughout New Zealand. Unemployed who • n--- ?•’« • -.!

A arc those who are fit for work in the country and who can go to camps. B class men are those who are unable to go into the country for hard work but who are able to work in cities. The O class men are those who are unfit to work at all and for whom the Unemployment Board has been on that account, unable to make any provision. This form of classification has been in vogue more particularly in Auckland.