CHRISTMAS GRANT.
HELP FOR UNEMPLOYED
BIG NUMBER AFFECTED
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Dec. i ■ Including the special grant of £IOO,OOO authorised by Cabinet last evening, the amount that will be distributed among the unemployed in the form of Christmas payments will total approximately a quarter ot a ihillion. . ... The details of the manner in which the special grant of £IOO,OOO will be distributed have not yer been worked out finally, but this morning Hon. H. T. Armstrong and lion. » • Nash conferred with the Unemployment Board. , , the special bonus will be distributed among 41,000 men and will be equivalent to two weeks’ pay tor eac man. The money will be allocated according to the numbers of .dependents in each case.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 8, 7 December 1935, Page 8
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119CHRISTMAS GRANT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 8, 7 December 1935, Page 8
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