GOVERNMENT ASKED TO MAKE GRANT FOR RELIEF PURPOSES.
AUCKLAND COUNCIL SEEKS INFORMATION. (Special to the “ Star.”) AUCKLAND, December 18. A request for official information concerning the provision of £2OOO by the Government for the relief of unemployment in the city, and also for advice as to whether the amount will be paid by way of subsidy or as a grant, was contained in a telegram forwarded by the Mayor (Mr R. G. Baildon) to Sir Joseph Ward yesterday. It was suggested to the Prime Minister that if the money was given as a grant it would be available for relief works before Christmas, but if it was a subsidy it could not be utilised until 1 after the proposals and plans of the work had been approved by the Public Works Department, involving delay until after the holidays. In view of these circumstances it was asked that the £2OOO be made a grant.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18640, 18 December 1928, Page 1
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