UNEMPLOYED IN BRITAIN.
—» _ A MILLION AND A QUARTER. London, Sep'.embvr 21). Mr. 1). ,1. Sliackieton, Labor M.l'., sp.'iifcing at Colue, declared that tho unemployed of England, numbered a million and n-ijuartvr. Half oi them were general laborers. He advocated the. imposition oi' a penny or a hullpenny rale to provide for inunieipal .works, pending (he repor( of the Poorlaw Commission on die subject. Ali\W. C. Steiidman, Labor A).P., advoeates the establishment of more larm colonies similar to tliat of llollesley Day. The (.'overninent, he said, ought also to purchase and extend London docks.
A CLEBICS SELF-ABNEGATION. Received 1, 0.40 a.m. London, September 30. The P.ev. Roberts, formerly curate at Hn warden, was so impressed with the striousness of the unemployed problem without quitting the ranks of the clergy, resigned the vicarage of St, Swithen at Lowishani to net as a voluntary lecturer for the Independent Labor Partv.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 238, 1 October 1908, Page 2
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147UNEMPLOYED IN BRITAIN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 238, 1 October 1908, Page 2
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