QUEST FOR GOLD

Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1932, Page 4

QUEST FOR GOLD

AID FOR, UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD

WELLINGTON, June 8.

The extent to which the- Unemployment Board is eneoin aging prospecting for gold by men who would otuenvise 'be work less in the cities or, a. charge 011 the relief funds i,s indicated by the ) fact mat at the end of la,st month no fewer than 786 " h ere, • being- assisted by tiie Board to carry out this iMoi'k. 011 tno basts of the present j number prospecting the financial' assisl- ! ante being given by the Board aniount,; 1 to £22,000' per year or between £-100 j and L-100 per week. . ' " | Help is given to prospectors iii l dii- : i feiWiAVayis. Of tile total of 786 seeking gelid at May 31st., 622 weie being assisted under No. 0 vSblieme; SSo'far ’ii.4 the BofiTd’s fun'dis" Will permit,: it Tk 1 doiriguTverytlniig possible to : eiiTcourag(ie l id , 'h'spe<JliWg "for gold'.''' It- has been IPuhd 'that ifclldse who -kre' I 'pre-' pared to leave the cities arc”in many instances able to make a good living. Although it i* sometimes foi'iii'd 'necessary to supplement their dal'ilings by certain forms of ass,is ban cep tile, great majority of the prospectors are 'reaping tiie benefit- of their decision to leave the cities. :

It is estimated that at the present time tlie.ro are at least 2060 men prospecting for gold throughout New Zealand under the auspices either of the ■Mines Department or the Unemployment Board, both of which organisations are-co-operating in fostering thisform of unemployment relief, .which is likely- to; prove lucrative lor some. 1 A party of 25 men. will leave Wellington to-morrow for the Golden Hypo goldfield in the Nelson district;-'.‘These men pay their-(Own passages and find their own 'dqJitlfluent and tools, "ft u»; costing bheiri['4i4jout £lO each to get to lire, goldiielcf fu% equipped for-',their work. They receive a .subsidy and will work with- the assistance of itlid- ■mining authorities. ' ; <