In an interview last night, Mr. Fuller. Acting Premier, made an important statement regarding the Government's decision to secure coal to carry on the services of the ...
Article : 735 wordsVolunteers numbering between 1400 and 1500 were at work on the waterfront yesterday. Many steamers have had their cargo discharged, but owing to the lack of seamen ...
Article : 225 wordsIt may come is a surprise to many persons that, despite the strike of seamen, miners, and coal lumpers, a Sydney firm lias been able to make an offer to the Government to take ...
Article : 199 words"I can only accept Mr. Padgen's statement," said Mr. Fuller, "as an admission that common sense is at last going to prevail. Mr. Padgen evidently anticipates, just as the ...
Article : 53 wordsA very large concourse of people attended a demonstration in the Sydney Domain on Sunday afternoon in favour of the strikers. Messrs. Catts, M. H. R., O'Brien, Keegan, ...
Article : 170 wordsThe most sensational development in connection with the strike on Saturday afternoon was the arrest of Mr. A. W. Buckley,[?] our member for Surry Hills, on a charge of ...
Article : 914 wordsThe National Service Bureau, for the purpose of enrolling men for employment as miners, etc., was opened at 25 O'Connell-street, Sydney, yesterday. There was ...
Article : 559 wordsStrikers went in force to the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, despite a guard of police, and took from his work the third engineer, a number of the staff who had been engaged ...
Article : 181 wordsBefore Mr. Love, at the Central Police Court, Sydney, Karl Lexelius a Swede, 34 years of age, was charged with having used insulting words to Alexander Thorburn ...
Article : 230 wordsA Broken Hill message says that as a reprisal for the baton charge by the police yesterday, the Strike Committee has directed that no unionist shall rentier service of ...
Article : 78 wordsA manifesto to the people of Australia has been issued by the Union Defence Committee. The reason for its publication is, according to the manifesto, because of the misrepresentation of the men on strike, and the ...
Article : 890 wordsThe Acting Premier (Mr. Fuller), in an interview on Saturday night, strongly criticised the action of the miners in refusing to resume work. After declaring that the ...
Article : 568 wordsSpeaking last week with regard to the possibility of industrial trouble at Port Pirie, Mr. Hughes the Prime Minister, uttered a grave warning to men who ...
Article : 195 wordsThe following is the full text of the proclamation regarding the taking over of the coal mines by the Government:—"Whereas a state of war exists between Great Britain ...
Article : 664 wordsThe declaration by the Acting Premier that strike committees were illegal bodies, and would be dealt with as such, has had a serious effect upon those taking part in ...
Article : 592 wordsOn Tuesday, 21st inst., 29 volunteers left Gresford for Sydney in response to the Government appeal (which reached the local authorities by telegram from the member for ...
Article : 201 wordsAt a meeting of the Federal Cabinet last night it was decided to appoint Mr. Hughes, Mr. Cook, and Mr. Watt as an executive committee to deal with all ...
Article : 70 wordsThis morning 200 mimes were registered at the Government bureau of men willing to work in the mines by to-morrow morning. One gang of voluntary workers will have to ...
Article : 128 wordsAsked on Saturday nigh if he had any special information as to conditions at Broken Hill, the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) said there appeared to be a section who were ...
Article : 126 wordsThe postal authorities notify that the rate of postage payable on newspaper posted in the Commonwealth addressed the United Kingdom and transmitted ...
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Advertising : 97 words"A number of indirect overtures," said Mr. Fuller, Acting Premier, on Friday afternoon, "have been made to the Government as to the terms of settlement of the strike. I want ...
Article : 673 wordsA meeting of the council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation was held in Sydney on Saturday when the situation arising out of the strike was considered. Those present was ...
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1931), Sat 1 Sep 1917, Page 10
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