KRUPPS' AT HIGH PRESSURE.
WORKING POPULATION MORE ■ DOUBLE. Pari". A special correspondent }?nt by Uv; Matin to Essen says: "Ksfon. which now numbers mare than ."i'!(f;i: inhabitants, is suffering from lack ef provisions as-much as tin; othev large towns in fiermany. Stippaga of work is practically unknown, for the simp l '! reason that the authorities are constantly scouring the town with a view to sending to the Front men pliysieailv capable of bearing arms. The saps thus eaused in the works are filled by old workmen brought from various parts of the Empire. Experts alone among the workers are left undisturbed. The others are constantly being suspended and threatened with the trenches. "In t'hieof peace Krupp's Works employ about 35,000 workmen and 8000 clerks. To-day the number of workmen alone is SO.OOO for Essen and 155,000 in the various branches of the firm throughout the country. There are al~o a num-' ber of foreign workmen employed at Krupp f s, including Dutchmen and Danes, gome Norwegians and many Swedes.— Exchanges
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 November 1916, Page 6
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170KRUPPS' AT HIGH PRESSURE. Taranaki Daily News, 9 November 1916, Page 6
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