7 APRIL 1928, Page 2

It is good news that the Lord Mayors of London

Cardiff and Newcastle have opened a Fund for the relief of the miners' distress. Such a Fund is not opened except on critical occasions, and there is no doubt what- ever of the urgent need this time. There are about a quarter of a million miners unemployed, and in some mining districts, of :which South Wales is the chief, the suffering is terrible. The Insurance Fund and the Poor Law have been unable to cope with it. Care will be taken to prevent the Fuhd from clashing with the work of the local authorities. The money will be spent with discretion. Apart from the immediate relief of want one wise object of the Fund will be to help lads to find eniploy- ment elsewhere.

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