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  1. DECLINE IN SHIPBUILDING. LONDON, April 11.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 22 April 1922 p 31 Article
    ... the tonnage actually under construction in the United Kingdom was 1,619,000, which is 271,000 tons below the average of the 12 months immediately preceding the war. The tonnage building abroad was ... tonnage building was only 3jfc per cent, of the total to March. 1919. . ... 91 words
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  2. NEW WOOL STORE. OFFICIAL OPENING. MESSRS. WINCHOOMBE, CARSON LIMITED. INTERESTING SPEECHES. (See Illustration on page 27).
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 23 December 1911 p 34 Article
    ... on the top floor of the building. The Hon. F. E. Winchcombe, M.L.C. (chairman of directors), was in ... in a small way at Circular Quay. When (hey commenced building at Pyrniont they cautiously started with one floor only, 'but now they had a building of five etorice, witli a flnoV capacity of 8| acrc3. ... 2143 words
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  3. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. PERTH, June 10.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 13 June 1891 p 1105 Article
    ... stating that he had drawn up particulars of the agreement for the construction of the ... favourably impressed with Western Aus tralia, but he considers that a vast amount of oapital and labour will ... free labourers will arrive from Herberton to-night, and con siderable animosity is expected. ... 1676 words
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  4. The WEEKS CABLE NEWS
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Thursday 5 September 1929 p 45 Article Illustrated
    ... board. - ,A four tenement building in Algiers, inhabited by 25 Italian labourers and their families, ... ister for Labour) fell on some pebbles and fractured her ankle. She was removed to a nursing home. ... approaching the completion of the great task of re construction, observed one minute's silence in ... 1800 words
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  5. Wire-rope Tramways.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 17 March 1883 p 419 Article
    ... Wire-rope Tramways. A MEETING of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce was held on Tuesday afternoon ... interest upon its cost of construction ? lie thought that no doult upon this point could exist in ... the wire cable substituted. This was followed by the construction of the California-street cable ... 3113 words
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  6. SUGAR INDUSTRY. IMPORTANT DEPUTATION. LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION. PREMIER'S REPLY.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 23 March 1907 p 40 Article
    ... as much as possible with a view to meeting the very early demand for labour which is inevitable, ... all Government work, such as road building, railway construction, and so on for the on season. At the ... appoint some of this deputation to meet Mr. O'Sullivan, as the head of the Labour Department, and ... 3528 words
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  7. NEWS OF THE WEEK from ALL OVER QUEENSLAND. WEDNESDAY, September 26.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Thursday 4 October 1928 p 24 Article Illustrated
    ... section of the men engaged as volunteer wharf workers in Brisbane are moving to form a union, with the ... from its effects. The Mackay waterside workers yester day held a mass meeting, lasting nearly all ... the Australian Workers' Union at Townsville to-night decided, by 52 to 26, to carry on their usual ... 3353 words
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  8. THE WEEK AT A GLANCE. LOCAI AND GENERAL. THURSDAY, December 3.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 12 December 1914 p 11 Article
    ... to 15 per cent. lowei\ and medium and faulty scoured 20 per cent, lower. At a meeting of the ... trial by court-martial. The members of the Sydney Wharf Lab Lab- ourers' Union have decided that th* mem mem- bers of the union will not work with aay Germans, Austrians, or Turks, wbethtr naturalised or ... 3655 words
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  9. THE SKETCHER The Chinaman Abroad.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 25 June 1881 p 812 Article
    ... starvation point, and being as good if not better workers than the Americans themselves, who require ... your business 7-.4. For the last fifteen or sixteen yean I have been building railwayi. Q. Did you commence the eonatmotion of the Central Pacific with white or Chinese labour I- A. With white labour. ... 1999 words
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  10. AUSTRALASIAN NEWS at a glance Events Day by Day. WEDNESDAY, September 24.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Thursday 2 October 1930 p 25 Article
    ... day, said the board would be unable to proceed with any new construction or reconstruction in tbe 1830-31 finan cial year. Ten volunteer labourers who had been engaged to work a freighter a* Newcastle fought with about 40 mem bers of the Wharf Labourers' Union yesterday, but only a few minor in ... 2863 words
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  11. DEMAND FOR LABOUR.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 11 November 1911 p 38 Article
    ... with their orders through scarcity of labour. In the building and kindred industries the supply of ... DEMAND FOR LABOUR. The report of the Director o! Labour (Mr. J. J. W'Gee), laid on the table of ... working, 196 in food and drink prepara tion, alto WH skilled assistant labourers, and 0909 ordinary ... 350 words
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  12. INTERSTATE. WEDNESDAY, November 17-.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 27 November 1920 p 25 Article
    ... Em pire Challenge trophy jiesterday with, i score of 2004. The United Labourers' Union in Syd ney, ... taking steps to com bat any movement in that direction. Tbe Federal executive of the \^hart Labourers' ... against two Ministers* A meeting of' the Cabinet was held to day, at which t\e allegations of graft, ... 2597 words
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  13. A FIRE-PROOF BUILDING.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 31 March 1888 p 508 Article
    ... A FIRE-PROOF BUILDING. A large building of novel construction has recently been erected in ... London building, which at once attracts attention. Bat its novel feature ia in its general ... shot out all dangers from imperfect drainage, and upon this solid foundation the building has been ... 200 words
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  14. Queensland Parliament. Jottings.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 24 October 1885 p 654 Article
    ... labourers the least in the world. Tbey admitted that Polynesian labour was necessary to the planter. ... capital trust money shall include re-construction, enlarge ment, or improvement of any of tne works mentioned in the other subdivisions, by adding the word "repair" before re-construction. He pointed ... 9510 words
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  15. From the Side of the World. SUMMARY OF CABLE NEWS. LONDON, January 3.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 14 January 1911 p 13 Article
    ... been the scene of a sensa tional siege by 1000 police and a body of troops of a building occupied by ... •After a heavy fusillade had been kept Up on both sides throughout Tuesday morning the building caught ... construction of the new Dread nought battleship Centurion will be be* gun at Devonport next week. ... 2150 words
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  16. Epitome. Weather Forecasts.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 29 February 1896 p 428 Article
    ... Victoria dam on the Ist instant. The City and Suburban Building Society report a slight Increase In the de ... summons Parliament to meet on Tuesday, the 16th June. Twelve mines have been flooded at Gympie, and ... call ing tenders for the building of ten new lavatory cars. The driver of Cobb and Co.'s coach sus ... 3013 words
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  17. SCIENTIFIC. THE ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP. (By Thomas E. Curtis, in the "Strand.")
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 27 October 1900 p 864 Article
    ... minimum of damage and the maximum of speed. The cost of the construction of the building in which the ... which the. huge building floated), has for many months been an object of great attraction to those ... land-is avoided. It I* reasonably certain that all experiments in air-ship construction will in future ... 2031 words
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  18. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH Queensland News. (From our own Correspondents.) COOKTOWN, August 17.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 21 August 1897 p 852 Article
    ... instant. The publicans here held a meeting on Fri day last to protest against the excise duty on beer, and ... return on Wednesday next, and will then proceed North. A large influx of white labourers from the ... deposits were returned. Local residents hope that the Government intend to erect an entirely new building ... 1972 words
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  19. The Cream of the Cable.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 19 March 1898 Supplement: Unknown p 576 Article
    ... construction of a railway through Manchuria, but there bad been no demand for sovereign rights or for ... and Mahomedans have closed their shops and markets, and the labourers have also struck work hb a ... the Reserve Fund for the construction of •new warships." At the trial of the French battleship ... 2271 words
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  20. NEWS OF THE WEEK from ALL OVER QUEENSLAND.
    The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Thursday 9 August 1928 p 24 Article Illustrated
    ... of a stop-work meet- Ing of waterside labourers at Cairns yesterday, the port was thrown idle, five ... £61,989, compared with £65,363 in the corresponding period last year. The Police Union, by letter to the ... for-any other purpose, in the Brisbane district. According to the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. D. ... 2941 words
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