Letter from a War Employments Inspector to Cecil Pim, 20 March 1916 Letters 1916-1923 War Employments Inspector

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A letter from a War Employments Inspector at the Local Government Board (LGB) to Cecil Pim, thanking Pim for the information supplied in a previous letter, dated 15 March, concerning the conditions and prospects for Belfast's spinning and weaving factories. The writer concludes that 'it is wonderful how difficulties can be overcome if they are foreseen,' implying that Pim will have to make do should the worst come pass regarding the coal situation.

 National Archives of Ireland , NAI-CSORP-1916-7443-17 https://letters1916.ie/item/517 English War Employments Inspector 1916-03-20 War Employments Branch, Local Government Board, Dublin, Ireland Cecil Pim Greenmount Factory, Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland Industry and Public Administration Industry and Public Administration

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 Copy LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD, ( War Employments Branch ) DUBLIN 20th March, 1916. Dear Mr Pim, It is very good of you indeed to have taken the trouble to write me so fully as to conditions and prospects in Belfast. I hope the coal difficulty will not prove serious. It is wonderful how difficulties can be overcome if they are foreseen. With kind regards and many thanks, Yours truly, War Employments Inspector. Cecil Pim, Esq Greenmount Factory Harold's Cross, Dublin. War Employments Inspector Letter from the War Employment Inspector to Emily J. Slocock, 20 March 1916Letter from the War Employments Inspector to Alexander McDowell, 22 March 1916Letter from a War Employments Inspector to Cecil Pim, 20 March 1916 Cecil Pim Letter from the Local Government Board (LGB) to Cecil Pim, 11 March 1916Letter from Cecil Pim to E. A. Aston, 15 March 1916Letter from a War Employments Inspector to Cecil Pim, 20 March 1916 Greenmount Factory, Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Cecil Pim to E. A. Aston, 15 March 1916Letter from a War Employments Inspector to Cecil Pim, 20 March 1916 War Employments Branch, Local Government Board, Dublin, Ireland Letter from the War Employments Inspector to Alexander McDowell, 22 March 1916Letter from a War Employments Inspector to Cecil Pim, 20 March 1916