BRITISH ARTERIAL ROADS
WORK FOR EX-SERVICE MEN.
Some mention has been made in recent cablegrams of arterial roads schemes in Great Britain on which employment is being provided for out-of-work ex-service men. These undertakings are on an impressive scale. It was reported in November last that Hchemes of read construction and improvement had been arranged with 24 provincial authorities. The estimated cost of individual schemes ranges from £4806 to more than half a million sterling. The scheme for which arrangements had been made in November provide for an aggregate expenditure of upwards of two millions sterling. Of the total cost of each scheme, 56 per cent, will be borne by tho Ministry of Transport, which is prepared to lend the remainder at "Treasury rate of interest,” repayable in five annual instalments. Precedence will be given to ex-service men in each district. Tn order to prevent the absorption of floating casual labour in the work, a week’s registration at a Labour Exchange is made a condition of employment.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 96, 17 January 1921, Page 7
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167BRITISH ARTERIAL ROADS Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 96, 17 January 1921, Page 7
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