THE WORKLESS.
OFFER OF MILITARY TRAINING. (dt TELEGEAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTtttQUT.) ■v \v London, September 27. !: Tho Secretary of State for War, tho Right Hon. R. B. Haldane, speaking at Ladybank, and referring to tho unemployment problem, said the Army Council had offered 17,000 young, men six months' training,' which would' tide tliem over the win< ter.
UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES UP TO JULY. ; The "Board of Trade Labour Gazette" 6tates that-of the 263 trades unions in the United Kingdom, with a net membership of 646,511, making returns, 53,163, or 8.2 per cent., were reported as _ unemployed at end of July, as compared with 3.7 per cent., at the end of July, 1907. /The percentage of unemployed at the ond of June this year, previously given as 8.2, is now corrected to 8.3. As compared with a year ago there was a dccline in employment in all the principal industries, with the exception of the boot' and shoe trade. Employment in this trade im fair and "better than a year' ago. The percentage of unemployment at the end of'each month this year, with the corresponding figures for 1907, are: 1908. 1007. January 6.2 4.2 February 6.4 3.9 March 6.9 3.6 April 7.5 3.3 ' May 7.9 3.4 Jino 8.3 3.6 July 8.2 3.7 From July 1 to August 12 the Salvation Army in London had 2063 applications for work, against 1207 applications for the corresponding period last year. <
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 314, 29 September 1908, Page 7
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234THE WORKLESS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 314, 29 September 1908, Page 7
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