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TRADE UNION CONGRESS. ADVICE TO WORKERS. BY MR. WILL THORNE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. LONDON, Sopt. 6. The Trade Union Congress, passed a resolution protesting against the attempts to capture the trade union movement for a change of its fiscal policy 'to protection. The main objection was carried by 1,739,000 against 500.000, af- - tor an amendment had been added urging, the restriction of tho importation of cheap manufactured goods produced under worse labour conditions than those prevailing in Britain. A resolution was carried insisting on the Government making provision to employ men on demobilisation; also, that there should be no reduction in the present rate of .wages or increase in working hours. The Congress passed a resolution that industrial, economic and social interests would best be preserved by the expansion of the educational system, the abolition .of sweating, better housing, and the destruction of monopolies. (Received September 8, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 7. At the Trade Union Congress, Mr. Will Thorne said he believed that every man ought" to be trained to defend his home. Ho believed there woulS be a general election sis months after the war, and if wage-earners foolishly returned their employers to make tho laws they would deserve all they'got. WOMEN WORKERS. NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM. (Received September 8, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 7. A committee of tho British Association at Newcastle reported on women workers, of whom half a million have replaced men, that they learned quickly, were punctual, and boar long hours well, hut their success was not so great as to create a serious problem after the war. AN OBSERVATION CAR. LATEST ZEEPELIN APPLLANCE. LONDON, Sept. 6. Tho Admiralty examined tho remains of the mystery oar shot down in East Anglia. It is believed a wire lowered the observer within 300 yards of the ground while tho Zeppelin continued hidden in the clouds. The car was mode of aluminium, and measured 7ft. by sft., and included curtained windows, telephone, torches, and the latest scientific instruments fpr observing positions and distances. A thousand feet of aluminium wire was found. The observer entered by a sliding door, and lay oa a mattress throughout his observations. The present gondola is quite different from cars attached to the earlier Zeppelins, in which the observer was in a basket and looked over the side. A groat crowd attended the funeral of the Zeppelin crew. Many police were present, fearing disturbances in view of protests against military honours. The funeral was of the utmost simplicity j there being a short service. The Last Post was sounded, hut there was no firing party. Tho crowd stood silent and unmoved. A. DAMAGED ZEPPELIN. THE HAGUE, Sept. C. A Zeppelin returning from England was so heavily damaged that it landed near Mpns. Several of the crew received shrapnel wounds. German troops dismantled the airship, which was sent to Germany. CLERGY AND ACTIVE SERVICE. (Received Sept. 8, 1.35 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 7. The Trade Union Congress passed a resolution "by 1,379,000 to 1,200,000 regretting' that the clergy yrere exempted from military service' though engaged m a non-productive employment.