'HIE HlU'llsJl SCHEME

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13791, 24 October 1908, Page 5

THE BR ITISH SCHEME.

LABOURS DI.NjsATIKFACI lON. By Electric Telegraph.- -Copyright. LONDON. Ot-t. 2-3. The lullow nig motion will be moved on behalf of the Government in the House ot Commons on Monday: '"The House welcomes Mr Asquith's statement regarding the national importance oi the problem of unemployment, and approves the steps, proposed to deal with the matter." Mr Keir Hardie will move, on behalf of the Independent Labour Party : ''That, whilst recognising the importance of Mr Asquith's promise to introduce early legislation dealing with unemployment on a permanent basis, and welcoming the promise to administer witli more elasticity the existing Act and provide more money, this House is of opinion that the proposals are quite inadequate to meet the pressing nVeds of this winter, and that the general unprepa redness of the country to meet the present unemployed crisis is due to the neglect of the Government to make provision for a state of affairs clearly foreseen." The Unionists will not move an amendment.