RELIEF FUNDS.
Even Allocation Said to be Impossible. POSITION OF CITIES. Per Press Association. HASTINGS, March 20. Mr J. S. Jessep, deputy-chairman of the Unemployment Board, was present in Hastings this evening at a meeting of all the bodies connected with the unemployed and those seeking to assist them in the matter of relief. The main request which was made to Mr Jessep was for a more even distribution of relief between the cities and towns. Mr Jessep said the board could not attempt to make an even allocation per head of population in New Zealand as conditions varied in different places. The problem was far more acute in towns such as Wellington and Auckland than it was in places like Hastings. The Act did not take away the responsibility of local bodies. It was purely for the purpose of assisting. It did not pretend that unemployment relief provided a wage, but was merely sustenance All the board could do was to use the money provided. It was used only where need existed. He stated definitely that those who earned a few extra shillings apart from the relief wage were not penalised, and also strenuously denied that the board had created any huge reserve funds.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20260, 21 March 1934, Page 5
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205RELIEF FUNDS. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20260, 21 March 1934, Page 5
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