SOUTH OTAGO. BALCLUTHA DISTRICT NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21216, 23 December 1930, Page 14

SOUTH OTAGO. BALCLUTHA DISTRICT NEWS.

(From Oub Own Correspondent.) BALCLUTHA, December 21. FARMERS AND UNEMPLOYMENT. I deputation from the recently formed !°‘ al Unemployment Committee, conslst--2 of Messrs A. S. Malcolm, Ai.L.C. 11 IL Cl, lg f? r ’ t ° nd ?7- White, waited on the Clutha branch of the Farmers’ Union ai a special meeting last night with n view to ascertaining how far the farmers oi the district would be prepared to help in the relief of unemployment. There v.as a fair attendance of members of the branch, the president (Mr J. A. Johnston) in the chair. Mr Malcolm, who was the principal speaker, stated that he had given considerable study to this question of unemployment in relation to •ulture and he thought that if the Unemployment Board went about it in the nght way not only would agriculture be assisted and production, which was all important, increased, but thousands of unemployed workers would be usefully employed at a fair rate of pay. Owimr to the low prices for produce the farmer was not in a position to assist in rolieving unemployment to any extent, and the Government with the accumulated tunas oi the unemployment ■ levy that would be at its disposal, would iiave to assist. In the scheme he was advocating there would be a return at the end of SOUTH OTAGO ADVERTISEMENTS t>IDE IN COMFORT WITH " ECONOMY. FORUOR METER SEDAN TAXI Meets all Balchttha trains; night and day service. Phone 229. RED, WHITE. AND BLUE TAXI SERVICE, Balclutha.

five years. He suggested a system of small - contracts between farmer and labourer, with the Government assisting by subsidising the price agreed upon for the contract. The contracts would be based on the current rate’ ruling in the district for such work. The Unemployment Board would engage the workers and pay them what it liked, but the farmer would have five years in which to pay back the contract money and the cost of the material, which the board Would supply.—Mr John Christie offered several objections to the scheme.—Mr Malcolm, .while not disputing the truth of fome of Mr Christie’s statements, said that ms (Mr Malcolm’s) scheme offered immediate relief for unemployed men. Mr James Wood, the secretary of the branch, said he was not a farmer, but he would like to see Mr Malcolm’s scheme adopted by the Unemployment Board. It was moved by Mr Christie, and seconded by Mr W. S. Thomson, that the branch endorse Mr Malcolm’s scheme. Which could be modified latet. t BOWLING. Three rinks from the Owaka Club visited Balclutha on Saturday and Were defeated by the local players by 78 points i?, the following are the scores, Balclutha names first:—Cessford, Fletcher, u Data, Hayward 20f Reidy. HOran, Landreth, Sheddan 14; Sinclair Smart, Marshall, Buchanan 21, Wilson, Hilary, Maginness, Jones 28; Culbert, Dawson. Armstrong. POynter 28, M'Leod, Cowdery! Owaka 53 11 T totals: Balclutha 78, CRICKET. , South Otago team which travelled to Naseby to defend its title to the Crosby Morris Gup against Maniototo, made but a poor showing. South Otrtgo, batting first. Compiled 165 runs, to Which Maniototo a nd ' d w , jth 354 ‘ More than Half 6f ,£r-iu tltago s score Was made by Wisely (Muburn), who knocked up 94 tuns. Other double-figure batsmen were Edwards (18), L. Guest (16). and Shadwell (12). Of the Maniototo bowlers, T. Lynch took five wickets for 39 runs, R. Carr three fir 44, one for 19. and W. Henderson Carr, with 94 runs to his as top. scorer for Maniototo, then ®? me , Borthwick (08) Knight (56). Murphy (21), Wright (21), Hem derson (19), and DUncttn (16). Wisely was South Otago’S most successful bowler, securing four wickets f or £ nu s ’ t Wnox two for 85 and one 40 G |i laK r he fe 0n 0 e i £or 39 ' and Ryan One tbl D. Stevenson accompanied , off 1 iptffo team as manager. The nff^| rave e j y ca - r to Haeeby on Friday ’ and arri ved back on Sunday and A°fi n ’ report .W 3 very enjoyable trip (wlni nV recept . 10 /i 3 t the hands of the Central Otago cncketCrs. ANGLING. .i°* e t, good ba ? s were obtained by weekend fishers Mr F. Arthur and party (Sav nhd nfl 3 uhoH Cat]ins 63 Saturn mLt u ? ht 42 h * some a fair weight