UNEMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN
"THE ONLY SOLUTION'' (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, 27th July. Mr J. 11. Thomas, Minister in Charge of the unemployment problem, was present at a luncheon given at Olympia yesterday, when it was announced that the sum'of £400,000 was being spent in extensions . and increased facilities in connection with next year's British Industries Fair. Mr Thomas said that he had come to the conclusion that there was only one solution to the problem of unemployment, and that was to enable the goods that this country could supply with the best brains and skill in the world to bo at. the disposal of the world. He. had found that tho British Trade Commissioners abroad were inadequate. We were handicapped in not having enough British representation abroad. He had decided that tho handicap had to lie removed. Business men must follow this up and send their representatives to co-operate in the work which the Government was prepared to do. DECREASE IN UNEMPLOYED (British Official Wireless) BUG BY, 30th July. The number of unemployed on 22nd July was 1,122,600. This was 14,066 less than the week before and 160,334 less than a year before.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 31 July 1929, Page 5
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