POSITION OF CHINESE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21617, 9 October 1933, Page 15

POSITION OF CHINESE

RELIEF WORK PROBLEM taxation without benefit Some light has been thrown on tho Position of Chinese in Wellington in relation to the payment of the unemployment, levy and wages tax, and the provision of relief work. Tho statement was made by Mr. J. Meltzer. *ho appeared on behalf of tho 21 Chinese charged in tho Police Court fl s the outcomo of a pakapoo raid the Previous day. l'he unfortunate position in regard to the Chinese, said Mr. Meltzer, was that they were only suited for a particular class of work, and there were v ery few avenues of employment open to them in New Zealand. Generally they were engaged in market gardening or as fruiterers, but owing to existing conditions the fruit trade had suffered very considerably, with the result, that many of the men, who were Previously engaged in legitimate trade, aad been thrown out of employment. Ah far as relief work was concerned here was likewise an unfortunate posiuu' proc ' eer l e d ]\lr. Meltzer, because, though these men wero liable to the Unemployment levy as well as the ? a^': ' s tax, they were practically dearm! from relief work. In saying Practically debarred he meant that notigh legally they were entitled to i? , w '°rk, the department advised ,n \ that owing to the difficulty in sat-it-self that these men were igible and finding congenial work for re '' work was practically imk *^ n °ther reason why they could • 5 given relief work was the reactance of white men to work with