The British Unemployed.
Bet Zealaid's Offer Appreciated. ~ Genen! Booth's Yiews. LONDON. Nov. 17. King Edward sent the Queen's Unemployed Fund 2 ( )"i0 guineas' the Prince of Wales 1000, Lord Iveagh 6000, and Lorrl Ratlischild 3000, specially for expenditure in L'indon. The fund now amounts to £84.000. .» (Received Nov. 19, 1.4 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. IN. The newspapers warmly appreciate New Zealand's offer uf a ship lavl of food for the unemployed. General Booth in the course of an interview said that an unemployed fund on the Uisis o* charity would do no permanent good, and if an appeal next year, on the same liasis was repeated, even a larger sum would be it - <|uired. He wo;itd not pay the unemployed in money lest it should go to the public house, l>ut would p\v lent. or (k or 7s a week for groceries and food. He would do this for the sake of the wives and children.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7982, 20 November 1905, Page 3
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155The British Unemployed. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7982, 20 November 1905, Page 3
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