Letter from the Local Government Board to Emily J. Slocock, 11 March 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Local Government Board

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This letter was written Local Government Board to Emily Julia Slocock (1874-), His Majesty's senior lady inspector of factories and workshops. The author of the letter was writing to ask advice regarding the condition of spinning and weaving mills in Belfast as the workers may become distressed and she wishes to know what needs to be done to prevent this.

 National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers, CSO RP/1916/7443/18 https://letters1916.ie/item/459 English Local Government Board 1916-03-11 Dublin Emily Julia Slocock Belfast Industry and Public Administration Industry and Public Administration

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 Local Government Board, Dublin. 11th March, 1916. Private. Dear Miss Slocock, I hope you will forgive me for asking you to give me the benefit of your special information as to the conditions and prospects of spinning and weaving mills in the city of Belfast. I hear that in addition to the 'short time' which the Belfast Mills have been compelled to adopt owing to shortage of raw material that there is danger of a further reduction in working hours owing to the difficulty of obtaining coal supplies. If this is so it may involve something in the nature of serious distress among the mill workers which it may be necessary for my Board to anticipate. I also gather that there is a good deal of discontent chiefly among the women on 'short time' in the mills upon the question of munition employment. Is it true that a number of manufacturers engaged upon munition work are employing amateur ladies upon their work to the exclusion of girls who are more or less in distress owing to the 'short time' in the mills? Any advice or help that you can give me in advising my Board on the matter will of course be regarded as quite confidential. With kind regards, Yours truly, Miss Slocock, H. H. Inspector of Factories, Belfast. Local Government Board Letter from the Local Government Board to Emily J. Slocock, 11 March 1916Letter from the Local Government Board (LGB) to Cecil Pim, 11 March 1916 Dublin Letter from Edward H. Andrews to Lord Clonbrock, 7 November 1916Letter from Patrick Hayes to Anna O'Rahilly, 23 August 1916Letter from John Brennan to Robert Chalmers, 27 May 1916Letter from John J. Farrell et al. to Robert Chalmers, 18 May 1916Letter from the Local Government Board to Emily J. Slocock, 11 March 1916Letter from Paddy Holahan to Fr Albert, Church Street, 10 July 1916Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 31 January 1916Letter from James Tyrrell to his wife Nora Tyrrell. 23 May 1916 from Wakefield prisonNote from the Chief Crown Solicitor to Sir Matthew Nathan, 16 February 1916Christopher Walsh lettersCard to the Hon. Secretary from Mary Bourke Dowling, 8 November 1915Letter from Clair Ní Modhráin to her brother Eamonn in prison in England [May 30, 1916]Letter from Samuel Murray Power to Thomas Kirkpatrick, 15 June 1918Letter from Mr R. Desmond to Sir Matthew Nathan (Chief Secretary's Office), 15 April 1916.Letter from Patrick O'Loughlin to Ellen O'Loughlin, 23 August 1916Postcard from Louis Moran to his brother Eamonn Belfast Letter from the Local Government Board to Emily J. Slocock, 11 March 1916