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...country is soon to be inundated by a raise in the level of the dam, and it is the intention of the Egyptian government to have this territory thoroughly explored for archacological remains before it is covered with water. With several trained assistants and a large force of workmen Professor Reisner entered on his work in September last, and in the first month's work his party discovered five ancient cemeteries and opened over 3000 tombs, with many remarkable discoveries of ancient archaeological remains. It is hoped that the labor may be completed in three years...
...question of wages under municipal ownership is another interesting question. It is evident from statistics that workmen under the employment of a municipality receive higher wages than those in the employment of a private corporation. Fraud, however, is more likely to arise if there are a large number of workmen in the employment of the municipality, and the direct employment of municipal labor is likely to increase corruption. The extra remuneration paid to city employees must be obtained by some form of increased taxation, which will tend to benefit this privileged class of workers at the expense of the community...
Students who expect to occupy rooms in College buildings next year, and who wish to have work done in them by College workmen, should call at the office of the Inspector of Grounds and Buildings not later than August 15, and preferably before June 1, to make the necessary arrangements...
...Avenel stated that the expenditures of agricultural and commercial workmen did not increase in proportion to their salaries, but that they were governed by independent laws. In the fifteenth century, transport from Rouen to Amiens (80 miles) cost as much as the transport today from the west of the United States to Havre would cost; but the wages of labor in the sixteenth century represented 10 hectolitres of wheat, while nowadays they represent 37 1-2 hectolitres...
...Boston, H. J. Skeffington, general secretary of the Boot and Shoemakers' Union, and C. W. Hubbard '98 of the Ludlow Manufacturing Co., spoke on "Industrial Education." Mr. Thurber told how very old the question was, and of the great difficulty large establishments have in getting enough skilled workmen. Therefore industrial schools should be started...