PROGRESS SLOW

Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1935, Page 7

PROGRESS SLOW

NEWFOUNDLAND REHABILITATION. REPORT MADE BY COMMISSION. . - British Official Wireless. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, May 30. The report of the Commission of Government on the unemployment situation in. Newfoundland has been furnished by ■ the Governor, Sir Murray Anderson, at the request of the Dominions Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, and has been issued as a White Paper. The Commission of Government took over early in 1934 and ; the report shows that a substantial im- ’ provement in conditions since then has been made in several ways. ■

The report describes two kinds of un--employment ..in Newfoundland, normal unemployment among the fishing popu-i - lation during the off season and unemployed among the industrial population largely confined to St. Johns. Details of practicable measures taken to remedy the situation are given. Last year the earnings of fishermen increased by over 1,000,000 dollars. To overcome the industrial unemployment apolicy of land settlement is being tried, and in the meantime the organisation of. ' relief has been improvised and assist-- - . ance.increased. ' Commenting on the report, the Times points out that the general improvement - is reflected not only in the increase in revenue in spite of tariff. reductions' on articles of common necessity, but in the all-round increase of business and industrial activity. Conditions on the island however, were so deplorable when the Commission took over responsibility, that progress must necessarily be slow.