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SPECIAL AREAS
London, To-day
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The Labour Party's motion censure on the Government for its handling of the problem of the special areas and demanding that more fundamental measures are [required to enable these areas to take their proper place in the eco- nomic life of the nation was de- bated in the Commons yesterday evening.
The Minister of Labour, Mr. Em- est Brown, replying, said there has been a great improvement in these areas since the Special Areas Acts had been in operation and particu larly in the last year. -
The problem was much narrower than in 1934
IRISH
MINISTER TO ROME
London, To-day.
Irish Free State decision to ap- point a Minister to Italy, has caused much comment in London. The papers note that President Eamonn de Valers omitted to no- tify the British Government of the step beforehand. Trans- Ocean.
SEVERN BRIDGE SCHEME
London, To-day.
Deputies representing twenty-one Local Authorities have petitioned the Minister of Transport for construc- tion of a bridge across the River Severn.
The areas now had within them. three types of communities, firstly,
Plan for the bridge has been sub- townships which had attained a high level of prosperity, where, inmitted, in which the structure will fact, unemployment figures were contain 86 spans with a 30-foot rail- " lower than the average for the way track and motorroad, and two whole country secondly, those six-foot footpaths.
townships in which there has been The bridge will have a 120 feet steady improvement, thirdly, the clearance and its construction will circular route smaller and happily declining group save the 52 miles
in which little improvement was from Cardiff to Bristol
shown.
In November 1934, the unemploy-{ ment live register total in special areas was 441,931 and on the 18th October last 265,952. As compared with a year ago, there was in July an increase in numbers at work of 100,000-British Wireless.
AMHARA REMAINS UNSUBDUED
Rome, To-day
In connexion “with numerous changes which are being made in Italian administrative posts in Abys- sinia, the Governor of Amhara Pro- vince, north of Addis Ababa, Gen- eral Firzio Birole, has been recall- led and General Nezzette appointed.
as his successor.
EXTENDED HOURS IN FRENCH ARMS INDUSTRY
Paris, To-day.
Exceptional extensions of the 40- hour, week system in trades and in- dustries working for national de- fence, have been unanimously agreed to by employers and workers dele- gations."
Object of the move is to overcome delays in delivery-Reuter.
NEW AIRPORT AT ILFORD
London, To-day.
The City of London Court of Common Council has agreed to pur-
As a result of recent changes, Amhara Province is the only one still in the hands of a General.
It is said that Abyssinians in chase 1,000 acres of land near Ilford this particular area have not yet for a new airport. The site was a been “subdued,”
""and that marand-wartime air station. The land will ing expeditions and periodic hostili-cost 239,700 and the total cost of ties still have to be contended with airport will be $600,000-British
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