THE DOLE.
Sir, —We have had plenty of people, some occupying high, positions in jthe community, who have protested very $
, strongly against the use of the term, "dole" as applied to British unemployment insurance. In your columns recently wo read: "The unemployed are drawn,, broadly speaking, from a section of the insured population numbering about 4,000,000, but whereas a large proportion have comparatively short spells of unemployment, there is within the million of the more frequently unemployed a hard core of rather more than 400,000 that resists ordinary ameliorative treatment." We see, then, (1) the whole population contribute to the fund; (2) only 4,000,000 can possibly qualify lor the dole; (3) the scheme in the main applies to but 400,000 persons permanently on the dole, the balance of those who draw dole money having "comparatively, short spells of unemployment." It is to be hoped that New Zealand will find a better method of dealing with, the problem. C.H.N.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20474, 28 January 1930, Page 14
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158THE DOLE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20474, 28 January 1930, Page 14
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