WAGES FOR RELIEF
COSTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ■ A return submitted by the town clerk (Mr G. A.'Lewin) to the Finance Committee of the City Council indicated that for the period April 1 to September 13—that is, for six-thirteenths of the current year—the amount expended on wages for relief works by the council, on behalf of the Unemployment Board, totals £57,383 J4s 4d. The expenditure is a good deal higher than the relative figures for last year. The cost to the council in connection with the disbursement of this money for the period named amounts to £ll,097 11s Id, which, on a pro rata basis, means £24,046 fqr the full year. The council’s costs comprise £3,750 for cartage and transport, £4,466 for supervision, £2,706 for material, and £175 for accident pay.
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Evening Star, Issue 21216, 24 September 1932, Page 21
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131WAGES FOR RELIEF Evening Star, Issue 21216, 24 September 1932, Page 21
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