THE WORLD'S URGENT NEED
WORK IN REAL EARNEST. BRITAIN'S GREAT BURDEN. ONLY ONE MODE OF ESCAPE. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received 11.45 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. Oct. 16. Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at Sheffield, made an eloquent appeal to the nation to settle down to work in earnest and increase national production. The National Debt prior to the war was £645,000,000 ; to-day it' was nearly £8,000,000,000. The whole nation had to bear a heavier burden than ever before. The labouring classes had higher wages and shorter hours and a better standard of living than ever before, and they dreaded a return to pre-war conditions. There was only one mode of escape from this. They must increase the national income iby increasing national production. I That was the urgent need of the day lin this country, and in every other j country. | * =— =
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17294, 18 October 1919, Page 11
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