RELIEF SYSTEM
NOT CONSIDERED SATISFACTORY GENERAL SYNOD RESOLUTION (By Telegraph—Press Association) HASTINGS, 19th April. The problem of unemployment in New Zealand was considered at length all day to-day by the General Anglican Synod, which is at present sitting in Napier, during the course of the debate on a motion moved by Bishop WestWatson (Christchurch) urging the Government to- substitute sustenance grants in place of the present methods of unemployment relief. Synod finally accepted an amendment by Archdeacon Fitchett (Dunedin) to the effect that the Government be urged to substitute more satisfactory methods of combating the problem. Many members spoke for and against the motion, some being of the o'union that the Church, as represented by Synod, should not interfere with a problem which was the care of the Government. Some felt that Synod should not pass the motion, on the ground that it favoured the views of a particular political party. The amendment which was adopted read as follows: —“That (a) this Synod urges upon the Government that the continued prevalence of unemployment on a large scale demands the substitution of more satisfactory unemployment relief; (b) that copies of this resolution be sent to the Prime Minister, the Minister concerned, and the Unemployment Board.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 21 April 1934, Page 6
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204RELIEF SYSTEM Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 21 April 1934, Page 6
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