UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22137, 15 December 1933, Page 8

UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

LOCAL ACTIVITIES ' \ —“ GROUP TO REPORT. Reserves Department.—Group 604 will report for work at 8 a.m. to-day at the Opoho Football Ground. No. 2 DEPOT Relief workers with children under fours years of age, are asked to call at No. 2 depot, St. Andrew street, to-morrow morning between 10 a.m. and noon to receive the Christmas gift parcels for those children. CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS TREAT Parents are requested to make early application for tickets for the Mayor’s Christmas party for the children of the unemployed. Tickets may be obtained at the various depots. Arrangements have been made for parcels for the children under four, and these may also be obtained at the district depots. MAORIS AND RELIEF WORK DEPUTATION TO MINISTER. (Per United Press Association.) . WELLINGTON, December 14. Replying to a deputation of Maoris regarding relief work, the Minister of Employment (Mr A. Hamilton) said there was no desire on the part of the Government to discriminate unfairly between the Maori and the pakeha allocations, but where the Maoris had a piece of land and a dwelling that could mt be overlooked. When the Southern Maori member (Mr E. T. Tirikatene) said it was a liability Mr Hamilton repin'd “ not always.” He could appreciate the fact that rents were not being received. There .was no intention of being harder on the Maori race, but the desire of the Government was to grive a greater allocation where greater need existed.