QUESTION OF PAYMENTS RAISED IN PARLIAMENT.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, March 31. In the House of Representatives Mr J. A. Nash (Reform, Palmerston North) asked whether the Minister of Labour would consult with the Unemployment Board with respect to payments. He said that single men received eighteen shillings for two days* work. This was also the payment to married men, and it did not equal the sustenance allowance under the Act. He asked whether it would be possible to increase the number of days of employment per week. The Hon S. G. Smith said that be would shortly issue a statement on fhr subject of unemployment.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 77, 31 March 1931, Page 9
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