UNEMPLOYMENT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21544, 16 January 1932, Page 12

UNEMPLOYMENT

INCOMES FROM ABROAD LIABLE TO EMERGENCY CHARGE The Controller of Accounts at the General Post Office, Wellington, advises that under an amendment to the Unemployment Act contained in the Finance Act, 1931, income derived from overseas is liable to the emergency unemployment charge, unless derived from another country within the British dominions, and is chargeable in that country with a special tax levied in respect of unemployment. Persons who furnished their declarations of income before the passing of this amendment were entitled to exclude therefrom any income which had been subject to income tax in another part of the British dominions. Such persons (particularly those deriving income from Great Britain) now find that they are required to furnish a supplementary declaration of income and pay additional tax. As some time elapsed before the amendment to the law became known few of the supplementary declarations were presented before December 1, the final date for payment without penalty.

No. 5 SCHEME The Unemployment Committee is at present making an endeavour to induce the Unemployment Board to continue the No. 5 scheme on the basis on which it was originally started, the workers to be given two, Three, or four days a week in accordance with the number of dependents. HOSPITAL BOARD DEPOT The following donations to the Otago Hospital Board’s depot are acknowledged with thanks: —A Friend, groceries; Mill and Co., goods; W. D. and H. 0. Wills, goods; Miss Dallas, scones and clothing; A Friend, Green Island, fruit; City Hotel, quantity of jam and bottles, box raisins; Anonymous, groceries; Mrs Timson, groceries; Mrs Routledge, St. Clair, goods; Miss Rossbotham, bread; A 1 Cash Butchery, large quantity meat; Fort, Roche, meat; Fraser and Co., three bags potatoes; Mrs Fraser, Highgate, one bag potaoes; Mrs Roderick M'Kenzie, groceries; Dr Hall, one bag flour, one bag sugar; Mrs J. Glendinning, flour and oatmeal; Mr W. E. Thomas, orders for two pairs children’s shoes; Neill and Co., Ltd., goods; Otago Sports Depot, boots; a Widow, groceries; Mrs Simpson, vegetables; Miss F. Jones, vegetables and £1 10s for footwear. Stand down applicants are requested to apply in the following order: A to L, on Monday; MtoZ on Tuesday. Funds are urgently required to procure men’s working boots and trousers. CITIZENS’ RELIEF DEPOT

The following telegram from the Rev. Leslie B. Neale has been received by the Central Mission circuit steward (Mr H. H. Johnson): —

“ Report appears in Auckland Herald that many families are desperately in need in Dunedin. Ask staff to reopen depot and make appeal for funds. Am sure people will respond. Regret recent disturbances.”

Relief was given by the depot staff yesterday to 200 families, making a total for the week of 1050.

There has been a steady stream of donations to the depot and the staff of 12 volunteers has been fully occupied in preparing the food and other goods for distribution.

A deputation from the Broad Bay relief workers who have been having a particularly lean time waited on the committee, and arrangements were completed to forward 18 parcels each week by the Peninsula Motor Service, Ltd. This company has agreed to carry the parcels free of charge. Acknowledgment is made of the following donations: —Mr S. Saltzman, £lO 10s; Brazendales (for special case) one bed and two mattresses; Harraway’s, two sacks oatmeal, one sack flour; Crown Mills, one sack flour; R. Wilson and Co., two sacks oatmeal and groceries; Wilson, Balk and Co., M'Donald, Mrs Cox, Mrs West, Mrs Moore, groceries; Dukes, Chivers, Wright, Eatox Butchery and Gray, meat; Co-op. Dairy Company and Taieri and Peninsula Company, butter; Bell Tea Co., one chest tea; M'Leod Bros., soap and candles; Ernest Adams, three bags sugar and cake; Gardiner, J. R. Brown, Laurenson, Searle, bread; Donaghy and Co., twine; Mrs Kwok, fruit; W. Harris and Son, 24 pairs repaired boots and slices; Mrs Pinfold, Mrs Fisher, Mrs MTnnes, A. C. M. Milton, a Friend, goods. Mr W. P. Clifford, chemist, offers free medicine on order from the depot. The field of cabbages offered to Pastor More' belongs to Mr G. Chipps, at Pine Hill. The committee desires to thank donors for the magnificent response during the week and looks forward to next week with every confidence.

UNEMPLOYMENT DANCE The £IOO Old Time Dance Committee met this week to complete arrangements for the dance to be held at Tomahawk on Monday night. The Peninsula Motor Service Company will run free buses from the Queen’s gardens and back to town after the dance. Arrangements have been made for the music, which will be supplied by the Sports Orchestra, to be broadcast from station 4ZO. The advisability of continuing these entertainments during the coming season was discussed by the committee, and it was decided that further efforts should be made, the object to be the raising of £IOOO for the relief of unemployment. This effort will require a considerable amount of time and work and the committee would welcome assistance from persons connected with dances past and present, so that the amount of work allotted would not inconvenience the individual members of the committee. Further information may be obtained from the secretary (Mr H. F. Payton, Stuart street, Dunedin) or the chairman (Mr W. Rowlands, Macandrew Bay).

UNEMPLOYED WORKERS’ MOVEMENT The weekly meeting of the Unemployed Workers’ Movement was held on Thursday evening, Mr W. Ballantyne occupying the chair. A deputation was appointed to interview the local Unemployment Committee concerning complaints handed in by group delegates. It was agreed to alter the constitution of the executive and to allow any delegate on it, no matter whether he be single or a three or four-day man. As one of the executive had obtained work a vacancy occurred and another member was elected. A report on the work done at the Citizens’ Relief Depot stating that Mr J. H. Hinton (supervisor) was satisfied with the work that the executive of the Unemployed Workers’ Movement was doing was well received.