ENGLAND'S UNEMPLOYED.
LABOUR MEMBERS' VIEWS. MR. JOHN BURNS - ATTACKED. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received March 3, 11.30 p.m.) l ,>,.. 'Si;',- London, March 3. ; In the House of Commons. : a sharp attack was made on Mr. .-John Burns', administration of ; the Unemployment Act by the Labour* members, who alleged that he.was ungenerous. : .;'-,; '-, * ' ~, • Mr. E. H. ■ Pickersgill (member for Bethual Green) said he did not think r < the women workers of London were fairly dealt with compared with the men. •/ ,;."" ,- /Mr. Burns justified his action in not / sanctioning r a ■ farm colony for women; It was useless, he said, to transfer charwomen, at /a:, cost of £200 apiece, to teach them market gardening. v He, however, made grants and sanctioned * loans wherever he was satisfied that they were necessary. 1 ./'' "■ /.'/■- , '\;:'Z-i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14000, 4 March 1909, Page 5
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128ENGLAND'S UNEMPLOYED. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14000, 4 March 1909, Page 5
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