THE DOLE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20174, 28 February 1931, Page 6

THE DOLE.

? \vjiw' 1 , CLAIj«ANTS;v/,„ . . (Men ova oW LONIION, January 13 , In a 1 nsemorbndum submitted lpy ths Mintetjly of Labour to the Royal ComBftissioa, oi UtfemplojnaienV was , stated ,tl>at claimed «30, t Calling debt of' the ' ovi Decembei*, aistf M'as, 990,000, Judge Gregory, the chairmaa. askedi "Have -wo to frame fa Bch&me by trtrieb all that moiey l» to be repaid! f ' Mr Homers (AdfcoutttafttiGepet^l, l ofthe'Labour Depaptmefat) t X onderit&ttd' that .the Commiesioners are Asked to franco a sclieme whereby it shall bo sol* vent '* and; - 'Nearly 6)000,000 benefit at some time or other during l9Bo r added ~Mr SBowsra. ; IA a ■pre* viott* year the n^ber' >ft third millions/, whioh was the normal number to claim out of nearly-10 mitf huh itowreft,pewro»to • .The debt ,-ef. the' up to/dat(3 was £61,750,000. It was increjtsing at the rate of <43,000,,000 annum, :f , .. garding unemployment ■ Wti the .end of December, 1980, were? Cantribu- - ,tiofis:]paia by workpeople, ,£14;009>000; -by' s- j&i0,t)%QOO;; by ~Ex ?r« 4 i»£fi«l f W f fii iepty W,a ham, a tnember of tho CominisaiOh, Mr said - there 1 :p4r cent., tio&al betnefit in Jqly latlt wIiO n&d paid /no contributions in the last tfto years. Another £5 bet eohtributiow *. '■ "f eAt*. I J.