The Bill authorising the employment of other than regular miners in the collieries passed the Assembly today after an all-night ...
Article : 56 wordsInquiries are to be made by Mr W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister, as to whether there is any constitutional or legal impediment to the New South ...
Article : 196 wordsIn the past few days the number of interstate ships rendered idle has been increased to 38, representing a total tonnage of 119,133. ...
Article : 105 wordsNaval Reserve men completed their work of supplying the Williamstown Depot with coal yesterday. The task was begun on Wednesday and 76 tons ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Electric Lighting and Gas Emergency Bill, which was passed by the Legislative Assembly last night, will be dealt with by the Legislative ...
Article : 67 wordsFederal Ministers received private information from Sydney to-day which, they say, make the position in New South Wales look ...
Article : 74 wordsAdditions were made to the silent fleet today, and the steamer Oonah, which left today, will be the only means of communication between ...
Article : 337 wordsUnloading and stacking of wheat went on steadily and smoothly today. An additional 100 men wore sent to Brooklyn from the City this morning, ...
Article : 267 wordsMystery surrounds the organisation at the head of the present strike. No names of leaders have been made known as in connection with other ...
Article : 253 wordsAfter listening to the views of a deputation of women that waited on him today concerning the high prices of food, and the holding in cool storage of ...
Article : 312 wordsPrivate advices received by Victorian Ministers from official sources indicate that the expectation in departmental circles in Sydney is that the railway ...
Article : 48 wordsReferring today to the establishment of national bureaus in each State for the enrolment of citizens willing to undertake work to keep essential ...
Article : 135 wordsIn a letter written to Mr R. O'Halloran, Melbourne secretary of the Boilermakers' Union, Mr J. O'Toole, secretary of the Boilermakers' ...
Article : 55 wordsStrikers are returning to duty in all departments, the Railway Commissioners stated today. Tramway traffic is being conducted ...
Article : 69 wordsMr W. A. Watt, Federal Minister for Works and Railways, who is assisting the Prime Minister in the work of organising labor to carry on national ...
Article : 130 wordsMr H. A. Pitt, Secretary of the Australian Wheat Commission, said this afternoon that the official sports received by him indicated that work was ...
Article : 120 wordsMelbourne laborers do not anticipate that there will be any alteration in the situation, so far as they are concerned, until the mass meeting of the Melbourne ...
Article : 89 wordsIn the Senate today Senator J. Guy (Tas.) asked Senator E. D. Millen, Vice-President of the Executive Council, whether he had seen the ...
Article : 163 wordsThough the train service between Melbourne and Sydney is being continued regularly the daily number of passengers is small, most travellers ...
Article : 56 wordsSydney Volunteers' Camp, on the Sydney Cricket Ground, now has a population of 1300. Before eight o'clock this morning 800 of these were at work. ...
Article : 161 wordsWhen a delegate arrives from New South Wales a further deputation from the Trades Hall Council is to wait on Mr W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister ...
Article : 38 words"What should be the price of bread?" was the question to which the Interstate Commission -- Messrs A. B. Piddington, K.C., George Swinburne and ...
Article : 766 wordsThat the loading of a transport at Port Melbourne is proceeding slowly, because no wharf laborers have attended at the "picking-up" point, was the ...
Article : 216 wordsMore than 50 policemen have arrived in the city from country stations to give what assistance m[?] be necessary in ease of emergencies. The ...
Article : 46 wordsMelbourne's supplies of smelting coke will be exhausted today, as fur as importers are concerned. Consumers of this coke will now have ...
Article : 296 wordsOfficers of the Bendigo branch of the National Federation have sent the following telegram to Mr W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister: -- ...
Article : 67 wordsA statement dealing with the cause of the strike in New South Wales, and giving the men's point of view on the operation of the card system has been ...
Article : 1,407 wordsA Bill to empower the Minister for Mines to authorise the employment in coal mines of persons other than those specified in the Coal Mines ...
Article : 203 wordsHouseholders have benefited in one direction as the result of the strike. The congestion of the butter market has resulted in the fail of prices for ...
Article : 75 wordsAccording to a reply given by Mr W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister, in the House of Representatives, to day, the whole of the shipping freights arranged ...
Article : 82 wordsStorekeepers at Yass are reeling the pinch. The sale of butter over counter is restricted to half-pound to each customer, and sugar is sold only in ...
Article : 35 wordsMr J. R. Butchart writes in The Forum page of "The Herald" tomorrow on "Capitalistic Production." He ...
Article : 89 wordsIt is estimated that more than 10,000 tons of coal in hulks is now under the control of the Navy Department. A large quantity is also held in yards ...
Article : 142 wordsA special meeting of the Amalgamated Miners' Association has been convened for Sunday "to discuss the advisableness of falling into line with the men ...
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The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Fri 17 Aug 1917, Page 1
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