GENEROUS PROVISION.
PLEDGES TO BE KEPT
(Beceived 9.15 a.m.)
LONDON. Oct. 18,
Mr Lloyd George,, replying to an unemployment deptitation, which in eluded the officials of ex-f.erviee men's organisations, said that the Government was fully alive to the pledges given to soldiers and intended making the most liberal and generous provision ever made for unemployment after a war. The Government had placed definite proposals before the London County Council to relieve unemployment and would provide" half the ' necessary money; Mr Lloyd George added that the proposals must first of! nil be explained to Parliament, but he indicated that there were honse-lmilding schemes providing employment for unskilled ex-service men despite the Building Trade Union's veto.—A. and N.Z, .
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Northern Advocate, 20 October 1920, Page 5
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