The King Of Sweden
The Stockholm correspondent of the Associated Press says that King Gustav of Sweden has been admitted to hospital for treatment for bronchial catarrh. A medical bulletin announcing this says that King Gustav has been suffering from a severe cough, excessive tiredness, and shortness of breath. Relief has been given with oxvaen Crown Prince Gustav Adorf and Crown Princess Louise have cancelled trips abroad.—London, September 24. Railwaymen’s Demands Delegates representing 14,000 members of the National Union of Railwaymen decided at a meeting- at New-castle-on-Tyne against any “go slow tactics as a result of the rejection of their claim for a weekly increase of 10s. Instead the meeting instructed delegates to a special meeting of the union in London on September 29 to press for an immediate application for an increase for lower-paid workers and a "freezing” of the wages of higher-paid groups. The 1750 London railwaymen, who obeyed the unofficial call yesterday to work “to the rule” as a protest against the rejection of their wage claims, decided today to return to normal working.—London, September 24.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 September 1949, Page 5
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