UNEMPLOYED REQUEST

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 99, 30 April 1935, Page 5

UNEMPLOYED REQUEST

SINGLE GIRLS POSITION. DEPUTATION TO MINISTER. ( Par Pre»« Association ). CHRISTCHURCH, April 29. A deputation representing the UH* i employed waited on the Minister of Employment (Hon. S. G. Smith) this morning, urging an increase of ten i shillings weekly in the relief pay and the placing of unemployed girls on the same basis a single unemployed men , with regard to wages. During the speeches, one member of the deputation, Mrs. Penny, said that single girls in every city in New Zealand were not, getting a fair deal. Many were being driven on to the streets. The Minister: “You must not say (hat to me. Stick to what you know in j Christchurch. Don’t cast stigmas on |centres that have done their duty by I'ingc girls and protected them.” Mrs. ”enny replied that she had been fin Wellington and Dunedin, and maintained that what she said was correct. | After other speakers had been heard, the Minister promised that he would make a personal investigation of all complaints. He pointed out, however, that if the request for a general increase of ten shillings weekly was granted the Unemployment Board’s funds would bo washed out in six months.