BRITAIN'S IDLE WORKERS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18552, 26 April 1930, Page 17 (Supplement)

BRITAIN'S IDLE WORKERS.

Red Interest Aroused. MAY DAY PROTESTS ORGANISED. (Unltod Press Association—By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received April 25, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 24. The Communists who are attempting to exploit unemployment, will make the May Day demonstration in Hyde Park, the greatest ever seen there. Thousands of marchers en route to London from the various centres, are endeavouring to pick up recruits. Efforts are also being directed to stop all coal mines on May Day, but Mr A. J. Cook (Miners’ secretary) advises the miners not to heed the suggestion. He declares that it would be a crime to bring men and women to London without providing food and protection. OFFICIAL REPORT. EBB AND FLOW OF THE TIDE. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received April 25, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 24. The number of persons on the unemployment register showed a decrease for the week ending April 14 as compared with the previous week, of 16,147. This Is the first decrease registered for some time, though the fact has to be taken into consideration that the total has been swollen recently by the extension of the unemployment insurance scheme. The total on April 14 was 1,660,300, which was 506,700 more than a year before.