UNEMPLOYED DISTRESS
IMMEDIATE RELIEF ASKED FOR.
DEPUTATION TO MINISTER,
(Per United Press Association.)
Wellington, October 21
Another large deputation of unemployed waited on the Minister of Labour (the Hon. S. G. Smith) asking for immediate action by the Government in order that the desperate distress of many of the men could be relieved.
The Minister said that he would place the case immediately before Cabinet. He announced also that he hoped the Unemployment Board would be functioning next month. He hoped that within a week after the seventh he would be able to announce the personnel. The board would set to work immediately and with the £lOO,OOO provided by the Government it was hoped that work would be found in a very short time. The Minister denied absolutely and emphatically that the Government intended to sack hundreds of men as soon as the session ended. He sympathized with the men in their efforts to obtain work because he believed that no one in the room wanted charity and he hoped that the board would aid them in finding that work.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19301022.2.47
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 21220, 22 October 1930, Page 5
Word Count
180UNEMPLOYED DISTRESS Southland Times, Issue 21220, 22 October 1930, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in