UNEMPLOYED RELIEF

Taranaki Daily News, 8 December 1930, Page 8

UNEMPLOYED RELIEF

VARIOUS ASPECTS DISCUSSED. h REPRESENTATION OF- FARMERS. Whether provision’had'been'made for a' representative from the farmers to e sit lon, any committee that might be v •set up at ■ Stratford to administer the I unemployment relief., fund locally, was f a? question put to the. chairman of the ‘i executive, of the Farpiers’ ;Unioii’ at a a meeting at Stratford on'’ Saturday.- : , j So far.as he knew, said Mr. M. G. - 'Trotter, no steps hftd yet bpen . taken I to set up a committee at Stratford. . ■ 1 '- in -the 'event of Jone ' bejng '.set up, j said Mr.' B. Richmond, it was essential f a-representative of tije., 'farmers should have a‘place on the committee; < it was ’ possible that a committee i Would not be needed .at' Stratford, said t Mr. E.'.Marfell. There were 'not many j ■unempibyed. -■“There ‘should be‘a comujittea > : Stratford even if there , are' not many ; unemployed in the-.-towp/; , l 1 mon<r stated. In any* case, he thought, , ujiempl'byed would be given, work in the Stratford district and.''there should be. a committee to see thiit any.,such work, was of! a- productive; ...; ■ . . Askpd;tp what extant?the. Consolidated Fund yvould be called on' to• assist t-Jie funds ;pf the Unemployment Board Mr. W- JU Polson, M.Pi, 'sa|d 'thkt.the Consolidated Fund/would the board to - the extent of feu <tlio . ; .the board . paid ; and not • ojv tfe amount collected; /The Government : h*d ,pr% yjded/the/board', with. free, oi interest for immediate 'rjse. . _ ' Members expressed dissatisfaction at fact. that men Employed, under relief 'proposals would.be \pa.i.d‘ J4s/£;d»y> but', Mr. ..Polson explained that as dar as he could gather , thajt-wage would -be paid for-'only .. a limited ‘ period would sectu-to tie more-in .w|e nature,of a ; :Chriß(mas box to. , the /unemployed. . / . Reference was made to the election;.,of ■ Mr. P.;Jl,.Small as'.’tiie. representative of A primary'.producers, on. th®’ Ujiein-,. ployment, -Board. Mr. Bolson said-that at’, a meeting of repregejitatiyes. of the primary producers. •at v/Wellington me had- been'- asked to consent . ii> nomination but as he did not ,think;his nomina* tion would meet with the approval ,of the? Minister ‘on account- .of ‘his, being a' poljtihiaiipjdr. Polson; declined-nethina-tib:i with/the . proviso;, that- in, the event of nobody else : being willing to, apt he would / accept . the;, .-.'fOT -mx months until a -, s permanent repregentafrve could, be found.': As-Afrl. Polgon :ex, nec'ted, the Minister .Appr.oyejfr Alri- Polson’s .being /nominated-c/Ip; jWe meantime the meeting zhad ? hup - ; so; the, secretary various, j organisations at tiid meeting, it being agreed,-that ■Fpwler/ be/the nomin^Cjf; Afr • .there.for©- as>-a..-surprise' SwialL. who had been present' at tiie meeting apd .who that 'die was seeking .election,’, had been, ..placed on the board- . . . , - The. sub-committee ~s?t .up to; attend, to urgent matters arising between executive/ meetings will attend.; to the appointment of a representative .tQ-apy' committee.pet up to, deal with Stratford matters "in connection;; .w.ifh unemployi mept/relief; '■/ ■/ -w; .: — i i 1 1.«! ■' : ■ ' JERSEY CHAMPIONSHIPS* . - • CONGRATULATIONS, OF 'PRESIDENT.

' A ,compliment was" paid of cattle in the Stratf.qj'd, .district by Mr. Di b’Sullivan at Saturday’s jueeting of' the executive of the Stratfor*! 'Jersey Cattle Club;' Tlhs : year,, he said, ■ Stratford ■ breeders won the : three championships • at', tlie ;■ Stratford, show in. thebqll, cow and; dairj?' cow classes. Moreover, -.among a-total of 44 breeders from different parts of the' North Island Mr! D. Yandle,-Te Wera, had carried off the Futurity Stakes. . Tbese sue* cesses, fie'said, indicated, clearlyquality of Jersey cattle bred in the Stratford district 'and’ demonstrated;beyopd dbubt that Stratford breeders qceul'ied a'foremost plage'in tjie breeding of Jerseys. ■ The standard of type and condition achieved was excellent, and He was proud to know that tlie club numbered among its members breeders with such true r ideals ’ and; possessed ..of such accurate practical knowledge. '; / ? /‘lit ifc/pueqesses like . these, that extend, oifr reputation, arid T ani sure the 'f£4yHs in', the ring last. ,wpek ‘will, be-re-. flgeted. in eur annual: sales'next .year, Mr. O’Sullivan said.': ” /, / ' / ■GENERAL ITEMS.,: .-

During the past few months he had: fouqd-it easier to secure new members fr; 'the Farmers’ Union than ever before', remarked Mr. C. iJ.' Harris, organiser, at the; meeting 'ofc/thO/Sfr^frrird executive on Saturday. _ As the result of proposals nr the Bud'embodied in- the" legislation oiLJastsession, said Mr. \V. J.fFolson, M.P., ata meeting of -the executive, of the Farmcr^’; Union on. Saturday, -an .-iiunual nyarit from the Consolidated" Fund of £35.000 to the Main Highways Board and an annual subsidy of £220,000 to localbodies had -been withdrawn, while from' the Public Works fund a £220,000 grant to the Highways Board?arid £61,000 interest' charged on premium, grafts had been deleted. In substitution a petrol tax of Gd a gallon was collected, representing' an' increase in .petrol .taxation of, speaking from memory, £350,000. As the fanners paid half that ainount they were .£691,000 worse; off as., compared with th/ old position. Lj/ ‘Rubbish weighing 30 'tons was. collected. at Eltham on Friday, as. the result of a special cleaning day conducted by the borough council. "'s ■/;//'?;/ /> Kenneth Morrison yith another youth piljjon-ridihg on his miotor-cycle wasproceeding down Pembroke Road to Stratford on Saturday night when in the vicinity of Pembroke - hall.-, the machine rap off the road and; capsized. , -Bpth ridgrs ■ wgre taken to . hospital. .Only superficial a injuries .were . sustained .. by the.pillion*rider, and he was able to returp hqine, but Morrjspn ,fr. still an inr piate .suffering from abrasions, shock and, bruises/- ' ~ - j. Nl. ' M.cD ona F,. land .'agept, Stratford, has/a gppd proposition . for ..gqle .or exchange, which would suit & map with a.iainily. . . ..>y.v;;/R/