UNEMPLOYMENT
ISLINGTON GUARDIANS. GOVERNMENTS INSTRUCTIONS FOLLOWED. Press Association—-By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, September 10. Amid protests from a deputation of unemployed, the Islington Board of Guardians is carrying out the Health Ministry’s ruling, and rescinded tho unemployment relief scale of 73s weekly.—A. and N.Z. Cable. [The Health Ministry refused to sanction proposals by the Islington Board of Guardians to pay an unemployed allowance of 63s a week for a man with six children in addition to rent. The Ministry’s rule is that tho amount to bo paid must not exceed the lowest rate of pay to laborers locally. The Guardians are liable to a surcharge for any amount above this.]
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Evening Star, Issue 17764, 12 September 1921, Page 4
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108UNEMPLOYMENT Evening Star, Issue 17764, 12 September 1921, Page 4
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