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LIBERAL POLICY. • NORWEGIAN GRANITE PURCHASED. THE UNEMPLOYED. ' >bt TELEUBAra—rass'a association-—corYßiaiiT.) London, March 8. Heckled in tho House of Commons consenting the use of Norwegian granite for the construction of tho Rosyth Naval Docks instead of Irish or British, Mr. John Burns (Pretident of tho Local Government Board) re- , fused to grant to the Admiralty tho sum thus ■ Saved, £30,000 —the difference in tho cost of Scandinavian and British material—for' tho purpose of giving work to tho unemployed. The "Daily Express" reports that Mr. Gladstone, Home Secretary, has ordered from French and Belgian firms many thousand pounds wdrth of mailbag canvas. Tho difference between tho British and foreign tonders (fas about a halfpenny a yard.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 452, 10 March 1909, Page 7
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116CHEAPEST MARKETS Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 452, 10 March 1909, Page 7
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