THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.
♦ A PROVISIONAL SETTLEMENT AND A BALLOT. B/ Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received February 26, 8.5 a.m.; LONDON, 26th February. A provisional settlement in the dispute between the employers and the engineering trades in the north-east has been submitted to the men. A ballot will be taken as to its acceptance- or rejection. MORTALITY ON THE RAND. -a» . i CHINESE AND NATIVES. Bj Telftfraph.— Preaj Association.— Cop.-righfc (Received February 26, 9.36 a.m.) LONDON, 25th February. In the House of Commons Mr. Churchill, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, stated that tho average mortality of Chines? on tho Rand was 16 per thousand. The mortality of Nyassaland natives employed in the Premier Mine was 100 per thousand. DECREASE OF POVERTY. SYDNEY STATISTICS. By Telegraph.— Press Aesoclatlon.-Copyright. (Received February 26, 9.36 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The annual report of tho Benevolent Society indicates a decrease in poverty.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 48, 26 February 1908, Page 7
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