No Increase in Unemployment Tax
Minister’s Statement
RELIEF EXPECTED (Special to “Times.”) WELLINGTON, Last Night. No increase in the unemployment tax is contemplated at present by the Government, according to a statement made by the Minister of Labour (Hon. H. T. Armstrong) in an interview to-day. “It is not our present intention to take any such step,” he stated. The Minister explained that he hoped to get a good deal of relief in the matter of expenditure wheu the Government’s public works policy was put into operation. “Quite a number at present a charge on the Unemployment Fund will be transferred to public works, and will thus case the burden on the fund considerably,” said Mr. Armstrong. Commenting on the question of sustenance payments, the Minister stated that there would always bo a certain expenditure necessary in this direction. Recent figures indicated a drop in the number in receipt of sustenance, and he expected that there would be a further decrease in the near future.
“I hope to announce a further improvement in the rates of sustenance,” he added, “but not before the session starts.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 64, 17 March 1936, Page 7
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185No Increase in Unemployment Tax Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 64, 17 March 1936, Page 7
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