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By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. Received i. 57 p.m.. April i' l . BONBON, April DU His Majesty King Edward reviewed eight thou.-and troops at Malta. It was a brilliant function, but bad '■<> be curtailed owing to a sandstorm. An army and navy polo match was held in 1 lu* afternoon. King Edward attends a review at Vincennes on tiie morning of May second, and special race meeting at Loiigehamps on tiie afternoon of tiie same day. Tiu- report of the l.ahor Commission under Mr Alfred Moseley, which recently visited the United States to enquire into labor eornlii mns there states that, employers in \merica offer workmen inducements (o extra
churl. Employers in England regal'd machinery as entitling them to reduee wages when the earnings are high, While the contrary view is taken in Ameriea. The report. pronounces that extreme specialisation oi labor is a great drawback, causing a strain and shortening the lives of Americans, whose hours are slightly longer than those of British work, men. Britain is declared to tie m advance oi America in the matter of technical education, hut American workmen are more energetic, sober, and less addicted to sport. The storm at Marseilles was tiie worst experienced for a decade. Tile Oiurali sheltered at Lest ague. A representative meeting of Scotsmen in London initiated a movement; for a London memorial to the late Sir Hector Macdonald. They passed
a vote of thanks to the French nation and press for sympathy on the occasion of the death, and demanded an enquiry concerning Sir West Kidgway's inconsiderate speech in reference to Sir i leet or Macdonald, in the Revlon Legislative Council. The Nat it mails! ('onveiit ion at Dublin slronglv reailinned the principle of ] ionic Rule, and n-coinmentied amendments in tiie details oi the Irish
I.am! liili. The Convention adopted a resolution expelling Napier .lameson and Jasper Tally, members of the House of Commons, from the Irish party. .SYDNEY, April til. Obituary : Charles Bright, a veteran Australian journalist. Sailed, at 2 p.m. yesterday, the steamer Mokoia, from New Zealand. MELBOURNE, April 111. Arrived, the steamer Mocraki from New Zealand.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 869, 20 April 1903, Page 2
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