SUPREME WAR COUNCIL

Evening Star, Issue 23379, 23 September 1939, Page 13

SUPREME WAR COUNCIL

EXPORT LICENSING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MEASURES CANBERRA, September 23. (Received September 23, at noon.)' Regulations issued by the Minister of Customs (Mr Lawson) prohibit th« export of any goods from Australia except under license. This measure is applied to assist in controlling and marshalling all oversea credit for national puposes. Goods aleady on shipboard and on the wharf awaiting loading are exempt.

1 ! MEETING IN ENGLAND ALLIES IN COMPLETE ACCORD LONDON, September 22. (Received September 23, at noon.) A Ministry of Information communique states that the Supreme War Council met in England this morning and afternoon. Mr Chamberlain, Lord Chatfield, Lord Halifax, M. . Daladier, General Gamelin, and M. Dautry attended and reviewed the development* since the meeting of September 14, and estimated their effect on future events. Unanimous agreement was reached on . both Governments’ plans for munitions supplies and methods of co-ordinating : and perfecting them. i UNEMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN EFFECT OF WAR EFFORT (British Official Wireless!) RUGBY, September 22. ' (Received September 23, at noon.)’ The Ministry of Labour issued a preliminary statement on the level of .unemployment at September 11. The outbreak of war created new demand* for labour, but at the same time caused dislocation, affecting the employment of workpeople in many directions. la the case of male workers, however, the net effect to September 11 was a reduction of about 76,000 in the number registered as unemployed compared with August., The number of females on the register was swollen by the addition of many evacuated women and of others offering their services, as well as by discharges from employment, and increased by about 175,000. Over a greater part of the country there was a reduction in unemployment among males roughly equivalent to the increase in the number of females on the registers. In London and in the south-eastern counties there was an , increase of both among males and females. The industries mainly contributing to the increase in the numbers of unemployed included hotels, boardinghouses, the distributive , trades,' entertainers, sports industries, and the fishing trade. In some districts a decline in employment was also reported in furniture trades, tailoring, dressmaking, millinery, some of the textile industries, motor car manufacture, and docks. On the other hand, improvements in. employment were reported in the coalmining industry, iron and steel manufacture, engineering, and shipbuilding industries. . The number of persons receiving assistance from the Unemployment Assistance Board under 'the permanent scheme on September 15 was about 375,000, or some 80,000 fewer than in August. In addition, between 62,000 and 63,000 persons were being assisted by the board under the emergency scheme for relief of distress due to the war, and of these about 46,000 were evacuated persons. The Ministry adds that, while complete- adjustment of industry to war conditions is bound to take some little time, it may be anticipated that any person thrown out of work will soon find fresh opportunities, for the momentum of national effort will call upon all resources of our man and woman-power.