25 YEARS AGO

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 153, 25 March 1937, Page 10

25 YEARS AGO

Parliament Buildings (From "The Dominion, ’’ March 25, 1012.) The foundation stone of the new Parliament Buildings, to be erected on the old Government House site, was laid by his Excellency the Governor on Saturday. Many members of the Liberal Party and most of the members of the Ministry were present. His Excellency was supported by tlie Prime Minister (Sir Joseph "Ward) and tlie Minister of Public Works (tlie Hon. R. McKenzie). There was an attendance of about 1200 people to witness the ceremony. A sealed copper casket containing coins of the realm and copies of newspapers was deposited under the stone.

There is great destitution in Leeds, where women and children are crying for food. The authorities are doing their utmost to alleviate the sufferings of the poor. Many more Yorkshire and Lancashire mills are closing, and an additional 5000 workers are idle. Men, women, and children in Manchester have been fighting f. r food. Lamentable stories of hunger and tireless homes come from the northern towns. Six hundred railway workers at Bangor have received notice of dismissal. The school authorities are feeding thousands of children daily in the pottery districts. Twelve thousand are being fed daily at Leeds. Vigorous relief measures are being organised. The distress at Cardiff and Swansea, in Nottinghamshire, at Hartlepools, and in Scotland, is growing acute. [England was in the grip of a coal mine strike.]