BRITAIN IN WAR TIME
' FEWER .UNEMPLOYED THAN . r-- : -:^usuAL* : .;.■■. ■:.:'■; ■'.""";':■' : London^ October 29. ' The Board of Trade returns show'that unemployment'is decreasing,, the rate ' : y- 310^'being:,"4.31; per; centum.. '-. This Is . v abnormally low, and is due to recruit- , '; ing and tho, exceptional activity of a i :''. . number, of -'.-industries- engaged on Gov- ■ crnment-contracts.' The winter outlook is bright.'Upwards of 100,000 : trade unionists have enlisted, including 13,000 Yorkshire mmers,j7.ooo postmen,. 2500 boileririake'rs',';:3ooo' railway men, and, 3000 ■ slop: assistants. '--.-■ ft - Food prices remain normal.' ; The inV ; crease in the'cost of living is.not ap- . - preciable. -';-' .'~ Despite the heavy casualties, Great ..-'■,.•■-, Britain is taking the war- witlv perfect .-,'-.■■■ calmness. ,_ . ' .'- .'.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2298, 31 October 1914, Page 8
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103BRITAIN IN WAR TIME Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2298, 31 October 1914, Page 8
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