UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIV, Issue 129, 5 November 1930, Page 5

UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD

Auckland Farmers’ Protest

NOMINATION NOT FAVOURED

UNION’S VIEWS ON MATTER (Per Press Association) AUCKLAND, This Day. The Auckland Farmers’ Union Executive, at a special meeting today, refused to nominate anyone as a member of the Unemployment Board. The opinion was expressed that no good purpose could be served by nomination as the union protested against unemployment as permanent. Also against the setting up of an organisation to create and administer a permanent fund of one million yearly by additional taxation. Money for relief should be obtained from the Consolidated Fund, and if extra taxation was necessary, then by fax on luxuries.

All relief work should be on contract or piecework at rate less than the standard wage, with the distinction between married and single men. WELLINGTON UNION ACTIVE SUPPORT FOR MR. A. E. FOWLER (Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, Last Night. The Farmers’ Union has decided to support the nomination of Mr. A. E.. Fowler as representative of primary producers on the Unemployment Board. The selection of Mr. Fowler by the Sheepowners Federation was announced by telegram from Christchurch and later in the day it was announced from headquarters that the Union would support the selection. Mr Fowler has had experience as a sheepfarmer and was the farmers’ representative on the commission which inquired into special cases of hardship created by the imposition of the super land tax last year. Complete remissions of the tax amounted to £86,552 while reductions were made amounting to £31,734, a total saving to the farming community of £118,286 . MAIN HIGHWAYS BOARD • SUCCESSOR TO MR JULL At a meeting of the executive of the Counties Association, Mr William Morrison, of Maxwell, Wanganui W'as recommended to the Minister of Public Works as successor to Mr A. E. Jull M. P., who resigned from the Main Highways Board prior to his nomination for the Waipawa election. Regret was expressed that Mr Jull had had to resign and the opinion was expressed that he had done' sound work on the Main Highways Board and was a valuable link between the board and counties.