BRITAIN'S WORKLESS.
Dominions Might Absorb Idle Ten Per Cent. ECLE MISUNDERSTOOD. — * 'British Official Wireless.l RUGBY, August o. Messages from Ottawa state that the Prime Minister of Britain. Mr. Baldwin, in the course of a speech, referring to the industrial conditions in Britain, said the rate of unemployment had averaged 10 per cent for several years, which meant that 90 per cent of the workers were employed. Mr. Baldwin said he thought it was regrettable that further efforts had not beeu made in the Dominions to bring these unemployed men to work within the Empire. The so-called "dole"' was much misrepresented, said Mr. Baldwin. It was not a dole, but a benefit received from an insurance scheme to which the workers themselves contributed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 184, 6 August 1927, Page 9
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