THE UNEMPLOYED.
POSITION IN BRITAIN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, January 10. It is estimated that the partially unemployed in Britain number many thousands. Figures are :—Birmingham 50,000, Bradford 50,000, Nottingham 20,000, Leeds 16,000, Sheffield 8000, Edinburgh 8000. Lancashire and Cheshire aggregate 400,000. London Boards of Guardians are distributing relief at the rate of a million, .pounds yearly. Provincial cities are undertaking road schemes. Some Lancashire operatives’ associations have been forced to suspend benefit payments, owing to lack of funds.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16323, 12 January 1921, Page 4
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