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PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYIUOIIT London, Sept. 9 King Edward has returned to London from Marienbad. The course of treatment lie there underwent proved of excellent service, and His Majesty is now in splendid health and spirits. Ho proeeods to Doncaster on Monday. Tho Trades Union Congress has closed. As tho result of a long discussion. it waß rosolved that a Bill be introduced into Pailiamcnt next session, embracing Stato maintenance of skilled medical attendance for all cliildron of State schools, and free secular education from tho primary school to the university.
The Daily News’ Johannesburg correspondent reports that the policy of recruiting natives on the East Coast has beon frustrated owing to only one license to recruit being granted at the Robinson’s group of mines, licenses for a number of recruiting agents being necessary. The Daily Nows accuses the local administration of subverting 'the Imperial Government policy.
Sydney, Sept. 10. The Maitland district mines that will be affected in the event of the lockout are the Hebbum, East Greta, Stanford, Merthyr, Heddon, Greta, Pelawmain, Abermain, and Aberdare. These mines employ altogether three thousand men and boys. The minors’ contention is that tho dog watch shift is injurious to health and dangerous in operation. Tho mine owners claim that night work is followed in many other industries without danger or injurious results. The trouble lia9 had the effect of increasing the output of the Newcastle mines where the dog watch is not in operation. Melbourne, Sept. 10.
The s.s. Somerset brings one hundred and seventy-five steerage passengers. A majority embarked at Liverpool for New Zealand as assisted immigrants.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1857, 11 September 1906, Page 1
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