RELIEF OF WORKLESS
CULTIVATION OF GARDENS. insistence' upon self-help. The Palmerston North Unemployment Committee met this mornings Mr J. A. "Nash, M.P., presiding. Others present were Messrs Graham, Mansfolrd, Batchelar, Collis and Lowden (secretary). The Unemployment Board intimated that it did not appear to be recognised in some instances that it was its definite intention that'relief should not bo granted to any unemployed worker who had facilities for growing vegetables and failed to take .advantage of them. There were considerable areas of both public and private land in' close proximity to centres of population the use of which could be obtained for the inauguration of community * gardens. _ Unemployed who had no land of their own should be required, ns a qualification of relief, to undertake the cultivation of some small part of such an area. Experienced gardeners or other suitable men could be employed under the No. 5 scheme to act as inspectors or supervisors of the scheme and furnish reports. • In the event of an adverse report being received the worker at fault should be refused further relief until he gave evidence of conforming with the requirements of the . board. The scheme, it was stated, was by no means visionary, but had been in successful operation in a number of localities for a considerable period, with remarkably good results, not only as a measure of self-help, but also in regard to the psychological effect on the worker, who had adopted a more optimistic outlook through being given an additional interest. It some centres clubs had been organised among the unemployed with the object of cultivating a particular area of land. Efforts on those lines were worthy of encouragement. It was decided, on the motion of the chairman, to make an application to the. Unemployment Board for an allocation of £lO for the purchase of seeds and plants for gardens to be cultivated by the unemployed. Mr Lowden stated that a list of those who were cultivating gardens was being compiled, and when it was complete action should be taken to deal with those who had made no effort on their own behalf.
Numbers of applications by farmers for labour under No. 4A scheme were dealt with. Advice was received that the allocation for the current week was £456, to provide one day’s work for 90 single men two days for 262 married men and 6/ extra days’ work for men in the latter category.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 48, 27 January 1932, Page 2
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405RELIEF OF WORKLESS Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 48, 27 January 1932, Page 2
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