EMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN
REACHING HIGHEST FIGURES [BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.] RUGBY, December 14. When the third reading of the Depressed Areas Bill was passed in the Commons by 221 votes to 53, the Minister of.Labour (Mr Stanley) stated the measure was offered as a contribution to one part of the. unemployment problem, which might develop into a much larger application, as he pointed out the income of the working classes had increased by several millions during the last year or so, and the number of people in employment was now within a few thousands as great as at any time within the country’s history.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 December 1934, Page 7
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