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  1. THE WEEK AT A GLANCE. LOCAL AND GENERAL. THURSDAY, August 3.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 12 August 1911 p 9 Article
    ... from, the ground. Dissatisfaction exists in the ranks of the Wharf Labourers' Union at (Mel bourne, ... Union, the Water side Workers' Federation, the Federated Seamen's Union, and the Federated Car riers' ... strike, owing to non-union sugar arriving in Sydney and being unloaded by non-union labour. Tbe ... 5306 words
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  2. THE WEEK AT A GLANCE. LOCAL AND GENERAL. THURSDAY, December 1.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 10 December 1910 p 39 Article
    ... Federated Industrial Organisation of Tramway Workers, a protest, signed by 230 employees has been sent ... Workers' Association of Queens land. A_ pWb'ic meeting held at Roekhampton c'eiided to heartily ... deputation yesterday urged on the Minister for Railways the construction of a line from Dalby to Jondowaie, ... 7202 words
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  3. BUILDING WARSHIPS.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 27 May 1911 p 13 Article
    ... BUILDING WARSHIPS. The warship tonnage building at the present time is the highest recorded in ... battleships were under construction* three being in the Royal Dockyards ay Devonport and Portsmouth. ... displacement. The following private* yards are each building a battleship :- Birkenhead, 23,000 tons ... 318 words
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  4. The Estimates for 1890-91. PROBABLE WAYS AND MEANS.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 20 September 1890 p 533 Article
    ... is increased by £2000, given in aid of building a grammar school for girls at Maryborough. The ... omitted, and the vote for surveyors' labourers being reduced by £240. In the item for agriculture ... division which comprises the wages of foremen, timekeepers, carpenters, labourers, boys, Ac. The ... 4580 words
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  5. London Dock Strike. [PER CABLE MESSAGE.] LONDON, September 4.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 14 September 1889 p 493 Article
    ... labourers from entering the employ ment of the companies. The steamship Liguria sailed for Australia ... possible moment. The strike is extending to the iron, building, and timber trades, although it is not ... connection with the dock strike. Many of the wharf labourers and men em ployed by the grain merchants ... 1353 words
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  6. Current News. BY TELEGRAPH AND OTHERWISE.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 27 September 1884 p 501 Article
    ... Occupations: 70 female domestic servants, 83 farm labourers, 49 general labourers, 8 miners, 1 ... an immediate relief. The labour schooner May Queen, Capiai Burg, Mr. Jones, Government agent, re ... worked in succession, with the above result. Finding it impossible to re cruit anymore labour, ... 4443 words
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  7. The Week at a Glance. QUEENSLAND. THURSDAY, January 4.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 13 January 1923 p 29 Article
    ... rain fell in one hour. The progress of building operations in Brisbane and suburbs is being ... that large numbers .of bricklayers find labourers will be thrown out of em ployment. The question of ... of the building will be available for. occupation in about two months' time. •The whole of the ... 3979 words
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  8. DISTRICT SOCIETIES' EXHIBITS.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 13 August 1892 p 325 Article
    ... wino, and sugar), £10.-Bundaberg. Minerals, building material, and woods, £10.- Laidtejr. The very ... Roma-and tho first named placed on the floor and walls of the Exhibition Building a collection worthy ... Agricultural Society (Warwick); Lockyer Agricultural and Industrial Association (Laidley); and Western ... 3378 words
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  9. LONDON DOCK STRIKE. LONDON, Wednesday.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 10 August 1912 p 13 Article
    ... Dock, where 500 labourers are usually required in the early morning. The unionists on Tuesday attended ... labourers. The struggle developed into a free fight with stones and blud geons, and the unionists chased tbe free labourers about the Jetties. Some of them sought refuge in the New Zealand Shipping ... 511 words
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  10. Experience Teaches.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 29 November 1890 p 1024 Article
    ... chance of establishing even an inter colonial federation of labour, I can sorely forgive them for ... large quantity of sur plus labour in Melbourne, and has been for sometime. When the question was dis ... their inquiries they come across the history of the Equitable Store, the Operatives' Building ... 1811 words
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  11. Letters to the Editor. State Ownership of Land.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 21 September 1895 p 539 Article
    ... that given free access to the land the resulting competition would absorb all the available labour, raise the standard of Irving by cheapening necessities, and create such a demand in tbe labour mar ket ... Evidently the mill owner is Just as much a producer of "real capital" as his labourers, who tend ... 1720 words
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  12. Epitome.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 7 July 1894 p 8 Article
    ... criminal offence. At a meeting of the Hughenden branoh of the labour union on Saturday, twenty-five ... Saturday, but fivo have been induced to go over to the labour union. Alfred M. Royle, an ox-employee of ... is proceeding under the pastoralists' agree ment. At a meeting of about fifty unionists held at ... 1868 words
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  13. [QUEENSLAND NEWS.] [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] COOKTOWN, February 24.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 5 March 1887 p 361 Article
    ... Louisiade Group on the 23rd. The labour schooner Forest King was lying at Ralume on the Ist instant, ... land his return labourers at the different islands of their destination. % March 2; The lugger ... 'CAIRNS, February 28. a An open-air public meeting was held out side the council chambers to-night. ... 1410 words
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  14. Agriculture and Its Prospects In the North. (BY OUR AGRICULTURAL REPORTER.] MACKAY.-III.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 26 July 1884 p 159 Article
    ... whole thing was arranged methodically before construction began. The machinery M came from the Glasgow ... the planters to take every possible care of their labourers they naturally single out these weakly ... verandas and balconies, and the ground floor portion of the building is floored with cement, and a ... 1712 words
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  15. Epitome.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 1 September 1894 p 389 Article
    ... Japanese labourers for the planta tions have arrived at Townsville. Campbell's drapery store at Bowen was ... tried hi the Criminal Coart and acquitted. The annual resone meeting of the Salvation Army was held ... £76 for the Building Fund. Dr. Hardie is to fill the vacancy on the Medical Board, caused by Dr. ... 1427 words
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  16. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH Queensland News. (From Our Own Correspondents.) THURSDAY ISLAND, July 1.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 9 July 1898 p 55 Article
    ... the action of the Labour party with regard to the Cbil- Jagoe Railway. He advocated larger areas for ... le^MmedlM^lilter the meeting for MrTwtDd^'tbe BnrfaTOd schoolmaster, who iwreT>dis&,}.o hart:been lost in ... railway material, when the work of construction .will be commenced. Large numbers of experts and ... 1468 words
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  17. From the Other Side of the World. SUMMARY OF CABLE NEWS. LONDON, September 11.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 21 September 1912 p 13 Article
    ... O'Grady has given £3000 to the General Booth memorial fund. The Women's Social and Political Union is ... railway construction to the ex tent of 70,000 miles. LONDON, Thursday. Cecil Healy, the Australian ... Winston Churchill's meeting at Dun dee went to a post office, pinned a card on her breast, and got ... 1521 words
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  18. [QUEENSLAND NEWS.] (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) THURSDAY ISLAND, December 19.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 29 December 1888 p 1216 Article
    ... tho coutract for tho construction of the Port Darw'n Railway. Thoy will be tukeu to Melbouruo. Mr. W. ... tons from tho Archer p.c. yielded 33.0z. gold. COOKTOWN, Decombor 20. A meeting has been held hero to ... informing him that the Minister for Minos had decided that the labour conditions of tho present ... 1409 words
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  19. Epitome. Weather Forecasts. Saturday, June 18.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 25 June 1898 Supplement: Unknown p 1244 Article
    ... last week by the Mayor. At the last meeting of the Central Board of Health it was decided to write to ... and Sons for tbe construction of the Kennedy Bridge, Bundaberg, has been accepted. A fire broke out in the Toowoomba School of Arts, and the building -was gutted. The No. 7 north Golden Gate at ... 1835 words
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  20. Country News. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) THE PALMER (MAYTOWN), July 31.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 15 August 1891 p 294 Article
    ... previous corresponding month of £3400. The labour report for the week shows that two general labourers and ... meeting of the Wesleyan Churoh, held last evening, was a most successful gathering. After the tea meet ... meeting of the local Hospital Committee Mr. Henry Ahlers was elected pre sident, vice Mr. Harbord ... 4376 words
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