CHARITABLE AID PAYMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 28 April 1931, Page 7

CHARITABLE AID PAYMENTS

NO RESTRICTION AT PRESENT.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The distribution of charitable aid at Wanganui was the subject of a qdestion in the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. F. Langstone (Waimarino) quoting the following resolution passed by the Wanganui Hospital Board on April 22: “That it.be an instruction to officers distributing charitable aid to entirely limit this aid, to sick and suffering, widows and their children, and in no case must charitable aid be paid where unemployed able-bodied men or their dependants are concerned as from May 1, 1931.” Would the Minister of Health, asked Mr. Langstone, issue instructions immediately to. hospital boards throughout the Dominion that in any case of hardship and destitution caused through unemployment social welfare sustenance must be provided? If he would not issue such an instruction to hospital boards, would the Government take steps tb deal with the matter through the Unemployment Board? . • Mr. Stallworthy said that the day after the passing of the resolution by the Wanganui board he had got in touch with rhe board and it had agreed to deal with all necessitous cases. The Governriient had decided that no restriction should be placed on charitable aid in the meantime, and every effort was being made to meet necessitous cases.