SUBSIDY ON BUILDING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22293, 20 June 1934, Page 7

SUBSIDY ON BUILDING

REINSTATEMENT ADVOCATED •; —■■■■■• ' ’ / REPRESENTATIONS TO BOARD (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, June 19. The Wellington Chamber of Commerce to-night supported a resolution passed by a meeting of architects and members of allied industries urging the reinstatement of the-building subsidy scheme (to be applied to dwelling houses only), on the, 'ground that since the cessation of thb scheme there’ had been a", serious lessening'pfbuildingactmty. Mr Aiidrew Fietchdr, reporting on .a visit which he ■ahd Mr W. F.’.Cnthbortson' had ; made- 'to the- .Unemployment Board, said: "We were given much tinformation which l am mot in a .position to pass on here to-niglit, but. we were told that there was still' a considerable amount of work to be : done that had not yet been started, It was stated that the board was not of the opinion that the time was yfet ripe for the /reinstatement of the scheme, but there was a free admission that' one . of • the effects ’ ofthe scheme had been the putting into-'em-ployment of ,a great number of persons ' who had previously; beep working in the building and allied industries. The, board was carefully watching the position of the trade and unemployment, and. wc were told that in the»event of. finding that the conditions ai;e gpirtg ;to mean a serious curtailment of work it would at least consider giving enough employment under the scheme to meet the requirements.”