A SEVERE STORM.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3026, 24 October 1908, Page 5

A SEVERE STORM.

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association-Bv Electric Telegraph Copyright.

THESE HUNDEED PESSONS PERISH. HUNDREDS OF HOUSES DESTROYED. Received October 23, 8 a.m. MANILA.. October 22. A storm which swept the Cagaynn Valley in the Philippines, on the 12th inst., destroyed hundteds of hou.'-es. Three hundred persons lo:«t their lives.

BRITAIE'S UiVjGMPLOYSD. THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS. VIEWS OF LEGISLATORS. Received October 23, 8.~. a.m. LONDON, October 22. Liberals are divided in opinion about the unemployed 'pii.resale, some considering they will proves a satisfactory palliative, while others hold that they will not be sufficiently far-reaching in theireffect. Unionists regiet that the unemployed in Scotland are nut to be utilised in excavation work at the uosyth naval base. Tin: Labour party consider the administrative concessions proposed will be quite inadequate, and express the opinion that although plenty of money will be available, the municipalities will not find work. The parrty has appointed a committee to formulate proposals for tiuing over the winter.

PRESS OPINIONS. ASSISTING "ONE IN FIFTEEN." LONDON, October 22. "The Times" says that the proposals of the Government are satisfactory and worthy of support until they have been proved inadequate or needlessly lax. The "Daily Mail" -is of opinion that by providing work for 45,000 persons, Mr A?quith assists one in 15 out of G45,00c) unemployed. The "Daily News" says the proposals will afford no relief to unemployed women. The building of the destroyers ordered at Glasgow will afford employment for 4,000 men.

MOTIONS TO BE MOVED IN THE HOUSE. Received October 23, 8.40 p.m. , LONDON,' October 22f. * The following Ministerialist motion; will be moved in the House of Commons or. Mondav next:—"That this ouse welcomes Mr Asquith's statement regarding tne national importance of the problem of employment, and approves of , the steps proposed to deal with the matter." Mr Keir-Hardie will move, on behalf of the Indepenent Labour Party, "That, while recognising the importance of Mr Asquith's promises to introduce early legislation dealing with unemployment on a permanent basis, and welcoming the promise to administer with more elasticity the existing act and provide more money, this House is of opinion that the proposals are quite inadequate, to meet the pressing'needs this winter, and the responsibility for the absence of proper machinery, even for carrying out the existing powers, and the general unpreparedness of the country to meet the present unemployed crisis, is due to the neglect of the Government to make provision for a state of affairs clearly foreseen.''

The Unionists will not move an amendment.