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Britain’s Improving Position
HOPEFUL WORDS OF SIR JOHN SIMON
(British Official Wireless.) (Received December 19, 7 p.m.) , Rugby, December 18. Speaking at Stoke to-day, the Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, expressed his belief that it would be possible by Christmas to say that in the past twelve months work had been found for an additional 800,000 people. At the end of the first half of the present financial year, Britain’s finaueial position was better by £42 millions than at the corresponding date last year. These facts gave reason for hope and quiet confidence. DECREASE IN ULSTER Brisker Building and Linen Trades (British Official Wireless.! (Received December 19, 7 p.m.) Rugby, December 18 Opening the Northern Ireland Parliament this afternoon, the Governor of Ulster, the Duke of Abercorn, said the number of unemployed registering for work during the present year had fallen by one-fifth. The improvement was particularly marked in the building and linen trades.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 74, 20 December 1933, Page 11
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