LOT OF THE POOR.
IN BRITAIN.
TERRIBLE SOCIAL CONDITIONS,
Br Telegraph—Prela ABioclntion-CoDyright
' Sydney, July 11. Mr. A. Spence, a Labour Council delegate, sent to England in connection with artisan, immigration, Iras 'returned. He says ho was shocked at the extent of tho poverty anil tho torriblo social conditions of tlue poor in English cities. England was politically and ■ industrially almost dead, and commercially lived practically on ciheap foreign labour. Movements that wero steadily gaining ground would bo a prominent factor in tho government of the country before many years. Tlio general opinion is, he says, that unless conditions are bettered by legislative action, thero will be a. tremendous industrial upheaval. The rising generation will rise against the wrongs tho workers have Buffered so long. Australians, said Mr. Spenco, did not know how well off they wore; tho workers hero wero getting the best conditions in the world.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1800, 12 July 1913, Page 5
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147LOT OF THE POOR. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1800, 12 July 1913, Page 5
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