UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22327, 30 July 1934, Page 14

UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

LOCAL ACTIVITIES GROUPS TO REPORT. The following groups will report for work with the Works Department at S a.m. to-day; 203—Signal Hill road, one mile above M'Gregor street (meet at M'Gregor street at 8 a.m.). 209—South road at Glen road. 211—The following men of group 211 at Preston crescent at Harcour street: F. Arab, E. R. Barclay, H. A. Clarke, B. Cleveland, V. G. S. Crawford and J. Dagg. 211—The balance of group 211 at English avenue at Crosby street. 218—Union street at Logan Point quarry.

210—Portobello road at bridge. 220 Fraser’s road at sanitary stables.

220—Silverton street at Spottiswoodc sticet.

230 —Otago (Jolf Club, Lynn street.

2.34 —E, 0. Reilly’s farm, Signal Hill road (six chains above M'Gregor street). •‘lo.3—Helcnburgh road, five chains north of Balmacewan road. 310—31‘Glashan street at Neville street.

.Ill—Glen road at Haywood street

312—Green Island aerodrome site (meet at Caversham railway station at 7.55 a.m.). 321—E. 0. Reilly's farm, Signal Hill road (six chains above M'Gregor street.)

323 —Glen road at Haywood street. 341 —Midland street at sanitary stables. 386 Portobello road at bridge. 387 — E. 0. Reilly’s farm, Signal Hill road (six chains above M'Gregor street). 2000—Malvern street at old sawmill. 2002—Malvern street at old sawmill. 4000— Woodhaugh street at quarry. 4001— Woodhaugh street at quarry. 4002 Woodhaugh street at quarry. Reserves Department groups will report for work at 8 a.m. to-day as follows:

_ 215, 225, 320, 3CS, 514, 51G, 707 and 70S—At Woodhaugh Gardens. 400, 409, 410, 411, 412, 414, 410— At Upper Gardens, Opolio. Ten men of 708—At Logan Park. 91. 210, 300, 303, 305—At Mouteeillo Football Ground.

105, 108, 110, 112, 114, 11G, 222, 272, 371, 515, 709—At Chisholm Park.

229—At Kest Home, Koslyn. 205—At Donaldson’s Nursery, Ross Creek. 224—At Central Mission. __ 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, To, 78, 408—Standing down. UNEMPLOYMENT TAXATION LEVY REDUCED FOR CERTAIN CLASSES. The Unemployment Board announces in this issue that on August 1 an instalment of the unemployment lory will fall due, and that simultaneously there will become payable the second instalment of the emergency unemployment charge of Is in the £ t»n income other than salary or wages derived during the year ended March 31, 1934. This announcement is interesting because of the fact that the board has reduced to Is the quarterly instalment of the levy payable by the following classes of workers:—ft) Men employed on a rationed basis under Scheme No. 5; (2) workers in receipt of sustenance; (3) all camp workers except those employed at standard rates of pay; (4) gold prospectors in receipt of a subsidy from the Unemployment Fund.

Those classes referred to and who are other than camp workers must have been eligible for relief for at least one month prior to the date on which each instalment becomes due. This time restriction does not. however, apply to camp workers included in the classes mentioned. Information regarding the procedure in order to claim the concession may be obtained from certifying officers and at Labour Bureaux. FORM U.B. 32A Members of the following groups must obtain form U.B. 32A from the Employment Bureau, and, after completion, return it personally by the date specified. Each man must produce his levy book with the completed form. Any man who fails to return the form by the specified date will be deleted from his group and will not be re-started until he has been re-grouped by the Employment Bureau. To be returned by Saturday, August 11, 1934: Groups 200236, ‘ 251-260, 403, 406-416, 702-710, 2000-2002, 2500-2501, 4000-4002, gardening and depot specials. NEW SUSTENANCE SCALE COMPARISON WITH OLD RATES. The new sustenance rates to be paid in the four main centres represent a fairly substantial increase on the scale which has hitherto been in force. The old and new rates payable to men on full sustenance are given below, the value of the milk ration, based on 5d a quart, being shown in parentheses: —

Old New Rate. Rate. s. d. b. d. s. Single men 10 0 10 Married men with wife only 17 6 (1 5J) 20 Married, with one child .. 19 6 {2 11) 23 Married, with two children 21 6 (4 ii ) 2C Married, with three children 23 G (4 4i) 28 Married, with four children 25 6 (4 H) 30 Married, with five children 2G 0 (4 4J) 32 Married, with six children 2(5 0 (4 4J) 34 Married, with seven or more children . 2G 0 (4 4|) 36