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  2. ABUSE OF ARBITRATION.

    The members of the Government were in conference throughout the greater part of yesterday regarding the serious industrial position that has been created by the strike of gas ...

    Article : 672 words
  3. REINSTATEMENT.

    LONDON, Monday Evening.--The Doncaster railway men have passed a resolution in favor of a strike if the dismissed Midland guard, Richardson, be not reinstated. They also ...

    Article : 71 words
  4. LAST WORDS.

    YASS, Tuesday.--There was an interesting development at Yass to-day, which suggested that either Mr. Nielsen or Mr. M'Girr has put a foot in the wrong place. In all the speeches ...

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  5. CRAZE FOR ECONOMY.

    FEDERAL CAPITAL CAMP, Tuesday.--One of the sights of the Light Horse camp has been the transport of supplies and equipment from the railway at Queanbeyan. A traction engine ...

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  6. THE WORKERS' EARNINGS.

    In reply to the question what were the average weekly earnings of the men in the gas works, the union secretary (Mr. Rawlin) said all the men working outside the retort house ...

    Article : 260 words
  7. COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.

    "Justice To All" writes:--It would be interesting to know what the prime mover of the legislation introducing compulsory arbitration now thinks of his handiwork. His vain boast ...

    Article : 133 words
  8. NEARING A CRISIS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The executives of four unions--representing 170,000 railway workers--met in London to discuss tho situation. There will be a joint meeting on Thursday, ...

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  9. MR. HOLMAN IN PARIS.

    PARIS, Monday Evening.--Mr. W. A. Holman, New South Wales Attorney-General, has arrived in Paris. He visited the President (M. Poincare) at the Elysee, and expressed ...

    Article : 161 words
  10. THE QUESTION OF POLICE AID.

    Sir,--I notice in your paper this morning, that the Government were railing in a detachment of police from the country to do duty in Sydney during the gas strike. ...

    Article : 110 words
  11. MR. CARMICHAEL'S RETORT.

    The statements made by Mr. Rawlin, secretary of the Gas Employees' Union, were shown to Mr. Carmichael last night, but he refused to make any reply. ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. A SUGGESTION.

    Sir,--Without entering into the merits or demerits of the strike of gas employees, I would like to make a suggestion which might help to relieve the suffering and hardship falling, upon a number of our fellow-citizens, ...

    Article : 204 words
  13. "SPLENDID FUN."

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In the course of a reference to the hastineses with which Labor men acted, Mr. G. Fairbairn, M.H.R. made a pointed allusion at a South Melbourne meeting ...

    Article : 186 words
  14. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE STRIKERS.

    "Gas Consumer" writes:--There seems to be an impression that the Government has acted fairly and reasonably in the gas strike, in that it refused to promise the men the increase ...

    Article : 422 words
  15. BACK FROM THE ANTARCTIC

    "Oh, no, we did not get fat; in fact, we got thin. You know we were on half rations most of the time, and had sickness to contend with, too. Under other circumstances I suppose we ...

    Article : 995 words
  16. UNITED STATES CABINET.

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  17. A DENIAL.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Amalgamated Society of Railway Workers, replying to the statement of the management of the Midland Railway Company, declare that Richardson was ...

    Article : 43 words
  18. MR. COOK'S VIEW.

    NARRANDERA, Tuesday.--Referring to the gas strike, Mr. Joseph Cook said that the men had the Arbitration Court to settle the dispute, and could not have arbitration, high ...

    Article : 64 words
  19. NO PROSECUTIONS.

    The Minister for Industry and Labor had a busy time yesterday attending, not only to strikes that are unfortunate realities, but to rumors of strikes to come. ...

    Article : 262 words
  20. DOCK LABORERS' STRIKE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--A thousand laborers at the London and North-Western Docks at Garston and Liverpool have struck, refusing to work with non-unionists. ...

    Article : 36 words
  21. CONTINUATION SCHOOLS AFFECTED

    The continuation schools in the suburbs have been affected by the strike. As the teachers are paid on the time system, it was readily appreciated that if would be folly to call ...

    Article : 99 words
  22. SMUGGLED GOODS.

    PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday.--The police raided the liner Mongolian, and found large quantities of smuggled goods aboard. In an endeavor to arrest members of the crew ...

    Article : 69 words
  23. GENERAL CABLES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Burglars raided the establishment of C. Sewell, working jeweller, 4 Davies-street, Berkeley-square. A thousand articles valued at £4000 were stolen. ...

    Article : 35 words
  24. GOVERNMENT CONDEMNED.

    At a special meeting of the Building Trades Federation last night, at the Trades-hall, a resolution was carried "regretting the action of the Labor Government in protecting free ...

    Article : 66 words
  25. A SOCIETY NOTE.

    LONDON, Monday Evening.--Mrs. Cornwallis West, mother of Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, has obtained in the Divorce Court an order for restitution of ...

    Article : 95 words
  26. IN REPLY.

    "I notice by the press," said Mr. Lukey last night, "that Mr. Rawlln, the secretary, of the Gas Employees' Union, is reported to have said that the gas companies in England are ...

    Article : 159 words
  27. "CLASH OF AUTHORITY."

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The action of Major W. E. Manseh, an Imperial officer of the Royal Engineering Service, in tendering his resignation to the Military Board within a few weeks ...

    Article : 365 words
  28. THE UNION VIEW.

    The attitude of the Government in regard to the gas strike appears to be viewed with disfavor at the Trades-hall. Union officials were reluctant to make any ...

    Article : 1,047 words
  29. PARRAMATTA "MISERABLE."

    The want of gas continues to make things miserable at Parramatta. The city is badly lighted at the best, but the ordinary lights have vanished, and the streets possess an ...

    Article : 71 words
  30. TROPICAL MEDICINE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Dr. Frodsham, Bishop of North Queensland, in a letter to the newspapers appeals to Anglo-Australians on behalf of the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine. ...

    Article : 65 words
  31. GLEBE COUNCIL IN THE DARK.

    The Glebe Council meeting on Monday was held in candle-light, while a hurricane lamp was swung over the entrance to the hall. "Would I be in order in moving that the ...

    Article : 93 words
  32. BOOT FACTORIES CLOSED.

    Mr. David Johnstone, secretary of the Boot Employees' Federated Association, Sydney branch, states that only two boot factories out of 82 are working. In the South Sydney ...

    Article : 225 words
  33. SIR GERALD STRICKLAND.

    PERTH, Tuesday.--The Governor (Sir Gerald Strickland) was enthusiastically farewelled at the town-hall before leaving for Sydney. The Mayor (Ald. Prowse) presented an illuminated ...

    Article : 478 words
  34. LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS.

    PARIS, Tuesday.--Wireless messages have been exchanged between the stations on the Eiffel Tower and Lake Chad, Central Africa. Lake Chad lies principally between lat. 12 ...

    Article : 69 words
  35. LIGHT IN PRISON.

    In consequence of the rumors that have been circulated regarding the possibility of the electrical workers sympathising with the gas hands--and the likelihood of a cessation of ...

    Article : 101 words
  36. SPORTING NEWS BY CABLE.

    LONDON, Monday Evening.--The Duke of Somerset, the newly-elected president of the Olympic Association, urges Britain to form a single team for the Berlin Olympic games, ...

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  37. A PADDINGTON MIXTURE.

    Electricity and--up to Friday night lash--gas were the illuminants at the Paddington Townhall, but now the situation is changed, and while electricity is still available, storm lamps, ...

    Article : 171 words
  38. VICTOR TRUMPER TESTIMONIAL

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  39. NERVOUSNESS IN CITY CIRCLES.

    Despite the fact that merchants, importers, and business men generally were inclined to regard somewhat lightly the gas strike, as well as the strike among wheat men at Darling ...

    Article : 274 words
  40. INTERNATIONAL SOCCER.

    LONDON, Monday Evening.--The Association football match, Wales v. Scotland, was drawn. ...

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  41. BOXING.

    MILWAUKEE (Wis.), Tuesday.--Paul Brown, of Hibbing Minnesota, defeated Steve Ketchell, of Chicago, in a ten rounds bout. LONDON, Tuesday.--Hugh Mehegan and Jim ...

    Article : 70 words
  42. TO WAIT FOR HIS TEETH.

    The strike is not without its humorous side. An engineer who recently had all his teeth drawn was told yesterday by his dentist that, owing to the strike, he could not get any gas ...

    Article : 66 words
  43. 'VARSITY BOATRACE.

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  44. VICTORIAN BY-ELECTION.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The count in connection with Warrenheip election was completed last night. The result is a victory for Mr. P. J. Hogan, Labor candidate, by a ...

    Article : 158 words
  45. "SPLENETIC ACTION."

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The gas workers of Melbourne are not affected by the trouble in Sydney, but at a meeting of the Gas Employees' Union this evening the position was ...

    Article : 214 words
  46. A HANDSOME MEMORIAL.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. J. S. Harsfall, of "Orrong," Toorak, has offered to erect a chapel for Trinity College in memory of Mr. Horsfall's daughter Edith, the late wife of ...

    Article : 52 words
  47. ENTRANCE TO UNIVERSITY.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At a meeting of the Council of Education to-day, Mr. F. Fink, brought forward a lengthy motion dealing with entrance examinations to the University. The ...

    Article : 97 words
  48. LUMPERS REFUSE TO HANDLE COAL.

    Three colliers which contain coal for the gas companies are not likely to be unloaded, because the lumpers decline to touch coal which is intended to be used by free laborers. The ...

    Article : 71 words
  49. LATE COMMERCIAL.

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  50. Advertising

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