UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 83, 9 April 1934, Page 8

UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD

"*■ REPLY TO CRITICISM DEFENCE OF POLICY. I [ Ter Press Association. ] WELLINGTON, April 7. In a lengthy statement replying to points of criticism of the Unemploy- t ment Board's finances, the board f >tat( s taat although the total number a of v/omcis who failed to find employ- \ meat under normal conditions reached ] its peak for New Zealand during the j. past financial year, the number to-day who arc in receipt of intermittent re- s lief only under Scheme 5 or aro on t sustenance is the lowest on record f since April, U 931. 1 In the majority of cases the effect of (. the policy of a diversion to full-time employment has been a heavier direct i drain 011 the fund than would have 1 been the case if sustenance were paid, t The majority of men placed in full- j time employment, however, have been i engaged in reproductive work and 1 have, by their employment, provided t additional employment for others, thus preventing the numbers of the uncm- c ployed from reaching the high limits which appeared inevitable had any t other course been taken. f NELSON CHAIRMAN RESIGNS y c SMALLER TOWNS’ TREATMENT. 0 [ Per Press Association. ] NELSON, April 7. Speaking to-day, the. Mayor (Mr. W. * J. Moffatt) said that ho was entirely 0 in agreement with the reasons given s ny Mr. Geo. Page for his resignation v of the chairmanship of the local J Unemployment Committee, which was the unfair treatment of the smaller “ centres by the board and the feeling that local committees were becoming merely a buffer between the board and the workers.