BRITISH NEWS.
THE HOUSING BILL. By Telegraph —Press Assn.—OopyrlEht. London, Dec. 9. The House of Commons carried the second reading of the Housing Bill without a division. COST OF PENSIONS. London, Dec. 8. The total cost of pensions for the current financial year is £104,899,000. PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT. London, Dec. 8, The unemployed have steadily decreased for several weeks. Ninety per cent of the demobilised men have been absorbed, nmi the only increases are due to the ironmouiders' strike. There is U marked improvement in London, Birmingham, and Glasgow. NO INCREASE OF GRATUITY. London, Dee. 9. Mr. Lloyd George, replying to the Discharged Soldiers' Federation, points out that the Treasury has definitely decided that the gratuities cannot be increased. The Government has done everything possible to assist demobilised men to obtain employment and the present position cannot be regarded as unsatisfactory. Out of 4,500,00tt demobilised men, 335,000 men are receiving the unemployment donation. —Aus. arid N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 December 1919, Page 6
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