THE KING’S INTEREST.
RESTORING MEN“ TD INDUSTRY. INSTRUCTIONAL CENTRES VIISIITE'D. United Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, June 14. King Edward, in addition to fulfill—ing several official duties to-day, found time to pay surprise visits to two Ministry of Labour instructional centres for unemployed. This morning he held a, Privy Council at Buckingham Palace at which Sir Samuel Hoare took the oath on his appointment at First Lord of the Admiralty. Later his Majesty received in audience Mr O. Pirow, South African Minister for Defence, and the Bri—tish Ambassador in Turkey (Sir Percy Loraine). The first training centre which the King visited was at Acton, where he toured all departments and questioned the men undergoing courses of instruction to fit themselves for employment in other industries than those in which they were formerly engaged, but in which there is no longer the same demand for labour.
The King went on to Slough, where he spent an hour in another instruc—tional centre among some (500 men, most of whom have been transferred from specially depressed areas. In this centre there are courses of more than 20 different trades.
, After a complete tour his Majesty expressed Satisfaction with the success which was; attending the methods of practical training adopted at these centres.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 207, 15 June 1936, Page 5
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