ODIOUS EXPRESSION “DOLE” INAPPOSITE

Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 6454, 11 November 1927, Page 8

ODIOUS EXPRESSION “DOLE” INAPPOSITE

If New Unemployment Insurance Bill Passed

DOWN TO BUSINESS IN

COMMONS

[By Electric Cable-Copyright.] (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.! LONDON, Nov. 9. Sir A. H. D. Ramsay Steel-Mait-lad, the Minister for Labour, moved in the House of Commons the second reading of the Unemployment Insurance Bill, aiming at a remodelling of the whole system on the lines of the Blanesburgh Commission’3 recommendations.

Ho explained that at present there •'Was a dual scheme. Standard benefit was given as a matter of statutory right, and also extended benefit was given in respect to what the unemployed work* ers had contributed.

The Bill provided a unified scheme giving statutory right benefits only and abolishing tho extended right. The word "-dole,” if it ever was applicable would no longer be applicable. Unemployed must have paid thirty contributions within the previous two years and must be genuinely seeking work. Mr. Hayday moved a Labour amendment rejecting the Bill on tho grounds that it would only increase tho cost if relief out of ratio and-reduce tho already inadequate unemployment bene-

Ho said that the Police Court showed that when youths lost their employment they resorted to vicious practices. It would bo even worse for young women. Mr. Campbell Stephen stated that the Bill said to the unemployed, “ 60 k tho guardians; if they cannot do anything you can go to hell.” Tho newspapers advertised fur coats at 600 gns. each for some women, but tho unemployed young women were to receive only 8/- per week.

COST £2,900,000 TO SEND BRITISH TROOPS TO CHINA.

LONDON, Nov. 10,

Replying to questions in the House ef Commons, Mr. W. Bridgoman, First Lord of the Admiralty, stated that the following were being constructed: One battleship, twelve cruisers, four river gunboats, six submarines, two minesweepers, one submarine depot ship, one repair ship. The following were completed during the past year: One battleship, two destroyers, one minelayer, one submarine. Sir Samuel Hoare said that the Air Force fatalities from January 1 to November, 1 were 35 compared with 46 in. a similar period last year. Public inquiries into the causes of the accidents would not servo any useful purpose. The Government estimated that to September 30 the cost of sending troops to China was £2,900,000, including the cost prior to March 31. WIRELESS TELEPHONE CALLS TO U.S. EXPENSIVE. LONDON, Nov. 9. In the House of Commons, Sir W. MitehelbThompson announced that to November 6 the wdreloss telephone calls to America and vice versa totalled 830 and 991 respectively, producing a revenue of £27,000.