THE UNEMPLOYED QUESTION.
MR. BALFOUR RAISES THE PEO PLE'S INDIGNATION.
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Received November 7, 9.57 p.in
LONDON; November .7.
Mr Balfour, in reply to an unemployed deputation, including many wonien, detailed reasons for not summoning Parliament in winter session, * also reasons against State aid, including tihe argument that-tliis was calculated to destroy capitalists' enterprise and workmen's energy and fibre. He denied that agriculture was the most suitable work. He relied upon public spirit and charity in the Metropolis to provide the central authorities under the Act with the requisite funds. The deputation, after thanking Mr Balfour, withdrew. A women's meeting was afterwards held amid cries of "Follow.the Russians; give them St. Petersburg." A resolution was adopted expressing profound indignation at Mr Balfour's reply. Received November 8, 1.0 a.m. LONDON, November?. Mr Austen Chamberlain, in a speech at Aoock's Green, said that such measures as th<a Unemployed Act could only be regarded as palliative. The real remedy was tariff reform.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12648, 8 November 1905, Page 5
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162THE UNEMPLOYED QUESTION. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12648, 8 November 1905, Page 5
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