PLEA FOR PROTECTION.
- INCREASE OF THE BIRTH RATE
By telegraph, Pttfl* Am’p* CoJtyrl^ifl
Received 11.10 p.m., April 5. Sydney, April 5.
Before the Tariff Commission a repre? seotative of employees at Clyde engineer? iog werks, advooatiDg an inoreased duty on machinery, said an adequate duty would be tbe means of iccreasing the birth rate. He knew that many men in his oirclo cf life, if constantly employed, would gladly assume the responsibilities of keeping a wife aud family. At present, however, they oould hardly keep them* selves. He was certain that want of employment was a large factor in the birth rate problem,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1717, 6 April 1906, Page 2
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103PLEA FOR PROTECTION. Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1717, 6 April 1906, Page 2
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