LABOUR

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13713, 1 October 1908, Page 5

LABOUR

UNEMPLOYED IN ENGLAND. A BIG PROBLEM. Press Association-Bv Telegraph-Copyright LONDON.. Sept. 29. Mr Shackleton, Labour member for Clitheroe (Lancashire), in speaking at Colne, declared -that the unemployed numbered a million and a quarter, of whom half were general labourers. He advocated a penny or a halfpenny rate to startjfiunicipal works, pending the report of the Poor- Law Commission. Mr Steadman. Liberal and Labour member for Firisbury. advocated more farm colonies similar to that at- HollerV-y Bay. The Government, ought- to purcEase " and extend ihe London docks. VICAR RESIGNS. TURNS LECTURER ON LABOUR. Received 12.40 a.m., October Ist. LONDON. Sept. 30. 'The Rev. Mr Roberts, formerly curate at Hawarden. was so impressed with tlie seriousness of the unemployed prtLicm that, without quitting the ranks of the .clergy, he resigned the vicarage of St. Swithin. lrfwisham, to act as a voluntary lecturer for the Independent Labour Party. ONE EFFECT OF A R BIT ATT OX. Per Press Association. PALMER,STON NORTH. Sept. 30. The adverse effect of the clauses of the butchers' award was shown in the case of a recent arrival from England. A youth 19 years of age arrived at. Palnierston North a few days ago destitute, but. an appeal io the Salvation Army authorities resulted in work being found fqr him at a butcher's shop at 2Cs per week, the employer also promising a much-needed outfit. The lad, however, had barely commenced work before the Inspector of Factories enforced tihe Arbitration Court's award, which stipulated for a wage of 30s, and the lad. who is an ironworker by trade, has l>een thrown on his own • re sources again, tile, employer being unable, to afford the payment of 30s per week to an inexperienced hand.