UNEMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN.
RELATION TO FISCAL POLICY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrighi Reuter s Telegrams. (Received October 29. 10.10 a.m.l LONDON. OctoU'i 2s. Speaking at Canterbury. Sir \Y •Joynson-H icks said that 'the Covernmerit contemplated spending fifty ini' lions on schemes during the w inter ioi the purpose of relieving unemployment hut, if necessary, it would spend another fifty millions. He declared thai no Government would dare to allow Germany to dump millions of tons o steel in Britain while the Governmcni was spending fifty millions tor the unemployed. Ylr Bruce wanted to tax corn, wheal and meat in order to give preference to the colonies, said the speaker, hu with the present unemployment, i; would be quite impossible to tax imported food and thereby possibly make it dearer, but where taxes existed, the Government wanted to make the preference to the Empire as great a; possible.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17183, 29 October 1923, Page 1
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