BRITAIN’S UNEMPLOYED.
DISTRESS IN TIN INDUSTRY. CLOSING OF THE MINES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyrigtt. Received Nov. 9, 8.15 p.m. London, Nov. 9. The distress and destitution among the Cornish miners, due to the closure of all the tin mines owing to the prohibitive price of coal, was discussed in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Sir Alfred Mond declared that if the mines continue to remain closed the Government will have to consider a scheme to transfer the miners and their dependents to another part of the country where suitable employment available. The proposal is regarded as unsatisfactory in Cornwall, where it is pointed out that the tin miners are unable to find work as coal miners—firstly, because.it is a different class of work, and, secondly, because 180,000 colliers are already unemployed. Twelve thousand are affected in Cornwall, and have been unemployed in some cases for more than a year. The least i eriod of unemployment has been nine months. It is estimated that 78 per cent, of the Cornish ratepayers are unemployed. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 November 1921, Page 5
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176BRITAIN’S UNEMPLOYED. Taranaki Daily News, 10 November 1921, Page 5
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