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The following telegram from **Swing !! News, Chicago," was went out recently through the wireless stalions o! the German Government, and picked up by Wireless Press
11
The Berlin papers are publishing for the first time a new version of the death
106.
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If anything could astonish the Trade at this late data one would fancy that the apparition of Sila Swing (Vory AM, happy to meet you, gentiemer "7 might' love started a firet on Ell's placid akin. But she never svan, quivered. The passage quoted is an extraes from the log of the 11
There appears, however to be a real person of the name of Swings.
"DUKE'S GIFT TO THE STATE.
VOLUNTARY SERVICE CONDITION
HUMANISING. OF INDUSTRY.
LLOYD GEORGE ON THE WAR
TIME REVOLUTION.
and restrict the out-
Mr. Lloyd George has written a Foreword on the humanising of industry to a book on Welfare Work, written by Miss E. D. Proud, and pub- lished by G. Bell and Sons. He may
"For the first time in our history Arma have submitted to a general many control by the Sist endeavour to many workern have desiated from regulate the super factories are alive. put of labour. with new workers; the State assames -fresh-peeds and 12,000 ACRES FOR SOLDIERS AND new responsibilities
ies arise; industrial condi opportunities SAILORS.
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"A strong Departmental Committee wasappointed to consider the health of munition workers. It has issued a valia. able series of reports on hours of labour, industrial fatigue, canteens, employment of women, welfare supervision, and the like. Further reperta are to follow. Canteen Committer was set up by the & Committee Central Control Board. was formed,-in" association with the Home Office, to secure a wel
weekly rest to labour. These have been greatly reduced. At the Ministry itself a new depart went was created charged with the responsibility of securing's high general standard of conditions for all workers
tion. It would be impossible to exag imunition factories. At my request, ft. BS Rowntree accepted its direc
this department has undertakes. Rerate the importance of the work which
During a debate in the House of Com mont on the Beattish Estimates it waL announce that the Thate of Sutherland had given a estate of 12,000
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I heard from an unusually well-in-onert of the Land of tention to the the workers and to regulate hours of
in Scotland formad and competent informant that in connection with land settlement The report, he said, was a record of work Weddingen mes his death in Cromarty left undone. Scotland had
had been de- prived of a sum of £300,000, and as a proposed or which were in course of consequence schemes which had been prepamtion had rxeived their quietas.
Sir George
· Weldingen passed through these ponement of the scheme of smallholders Yeunger said the post- new, but evidently his submarine was settlement was war measure forted
upon
the Government by reason of the
"The lady, welfare supervisor helps to damaged; he was then the object of increet cost of everything.
engage new labour. The foreman refers volles from all the ships, but before he Mr. Teanght, who was cheered on to her in matters of discipline, slack sank with all hards he was able to launch rising to make his first speech as Secre- werk, or bad time keeping. The workers tary for Scotland, said he hoped, without bring their troubles to her. This [two torpedoes, one of which struck undue delay, to arrive at definite
admirable
is being introduced system schame of nilorestation. had been into the
It
munition factories Dreadnought, but net vitally.
suggested that Cernan prisoners should
the making of The death of Weddingen was an be employed in the work of afforestation. It is a strange irony, but no small
compensation, that This was, he understood, being tried on weapons of destruction should
afford nouseed, but the facts of his death were
Lord Lovat's estates, but there was the occasion to humanise industry. OM kept secret. It won a truly remarkable difficulty in multi-pising the use of prejudices have
ave vanished, new ideas are fast of heroism as Weddingden kaew that German labour owing to the problem of abroad; employers and workers, the finding guards, Complaint had been public and the State, are all favourable once he had passed the nets at Cromartyniade that no inquiry had been set on to new methods The opportunity must Firth be would never return alive, but foot to fud a schemic to settle persons on hot be allowed to ship. It
may well be
W. L. Pattenrian, Esq.-Chairman. land. Ho might say in regard to that, when the tumult of war is. he must have felt that this death would this that there were various schemes distant echo, and the making of muni- S. H. Dodwell, Est-Deputy Chairman
consideration relating to different tiens a nightmare of the past, the effort surpass all other accomplishments, as it required the conscious, co-operation
of that the being made to soften asperities, to GTM. Edkins, Esq. Flor. Mr. D.
secure the welfare of the workers, and CS. Grbbay, Esq Landale to the State an estate of 12,000 acres for to build a bridge of sympathy and un every member af the crew.
the settlement thereon of sailors and derstanding between employer and em- This bravery of the commander, and soldiers who had voluntarily served ployed, will have left behind results of his crew is such that it will be with abroad. (Cheers) E
permanent and snduring value to the dificulty surpassed in the prevent war,— (Signed) Swing/**
This offer had been accepted by the at large to the nation, and to mankind Proud, who graduated at the Adelaide, has spent many Govemment, and he hoped he might be University
research into the conditions warmest thanks of all parties in the House of welfare work in factories, and has for r his magnificent gift (Cheers.) The would be about £10,000, and after capital expenditure in the first two years served in the Welfare Department of the Minister of Munitions since its two
foundation.. years about £1,400
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but partially disabled
exchided necessarily
Xander and he was glad to announce↑
With regard to the foregoing the Sacre. tary of the Admiralty says the report sent by an American correspondent by wireless from Germany to the Chicago Daily New purporting to describe the sinking of the German Submarine U29 in Cromarty Firth after having torpedoed, a Dreadrought battleship is a fresh fabrica,
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Whenr. Rudyard Kipling,, second ofhis Tales of the Trade." described the unexpected appearance on the upper-deck of a Turkis torpedo-
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Martoord-ofco: American gentleman described as Silas Q Swing, of the Chicago Sam, it was assumed that the author had drawn upon his imagination
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The following extract from a recent report of the Royal Naval Air Service forwarded to the London papers recently by the Air Board for publication On July 15 our aeroplanes, Nieuport, patrolled ten miles out to aes and, when approaching Ostend, at about 12,000 feet, encountered a German sea plane single
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One cannot mention the battalions, but ARIZMA those fighting in the month's battle come maneuvred for #) Kipling's article in which the reference Anda te Nieuport
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The following is the passage in r.feet baino gine tractor type con pageant which made up a grest picture..
to Swing occurs w
An Ameriert sei
behind,
E machines meanwhile, executing a steep with marvellous devotion to something appeur ghide
higher. than themselves. They have not found war to be jolly fun as some people like to make out
go into battle They don't, Bá a with a er on their lips. More often
prayer on they use outrageous language which is worse when they came out. They hate the German theoretically, but treat him
ed on the upper deck, who informed us that his name was Silas Q. Swing, of the Chicago Sur !'-(9), and that he was pleased to make our acquaintance He then formed us that the steamer was proceeding to Chanty, and be wasn't sure if there were any stores sboard..
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The British pilot thereupon looped over the enemy, who passed underneath Br this gained the desired position behind and opened fire into the seaplane at a range of 100 yards
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