COST OF RELIEF WORK

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17957, 8 December 1932, Page 5

COST OF RELIEF WORK

PROVISION FOR REFUND v v ,v -. — r . BENEFITS TO PRIVATE LANDS (Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. Bv the Finance Bill, which was in-troduced-in tho House last night, local bodies arc empowered to repay by in-staKß-ents to the Unemployment Board a poitiou of the cost of relief works of;a reproductive character, , Under the 1931 legislation, provision was made for the Minister of Public Works, to carry,out certain works of a. reproductive character on, or for the bfoncJLt, of, .privately-owned or other property, in-such cases the local authority controlling the district is prepared to assist the, Unemployment Board by refunding to it a proportionate part of the cost of the works, bin there is no authority for the spreading of the cost over a period of years, rt is held that, the repayment of moneys so expended in one year would constitute an unduly heavy drain on the, lunis of a local body, and the bill accordingly provides that the amount expended can be treated as a debt due to the Crown and repaid over a period A$ present local bodies have power t.Q recover from the owner or occupier of. lgnds benefited by works undertaken out of their own funds on pn-yatelv-owncr or other property, and the mil extends the provisions to-en-able them,to recover money advanced by :fhc Unemployment Board lor the samp: purpose. ■ . • Another clause excludes residents o Qhatham Islands from the operation ol the- Unemployment Act, 1 ( Payments; made, or to be granted, iso Mr. -S. G. Smith and Mr. A. E. Ansel), •M.B'a., for,their services win o investigating the problem of juvenile unemployment in New Zealand are not to prejudice their occupancy oi. seats in Parliament. The bill also validates pay'ments made to Mrs. Gadie MacDonald, Mrs. Helen Wilson, and Miss Blanche Oanmchnn forAherr services in the investigation of the 1 e-male nnemplovinent problem. Members of county councils who. at the request of the Unemployment Board,, are appointed to supervise the administration of any unemployment relief scheme will not be disqualified if the allowance they receive is paid opt !of the Unemployment Board s v V funds. _____