There are 800 men in the Volunteers' Camp, on the Sydney Cricket Ground, or whom 300 are already working on the ...
Article : 190 wordsAt a meeting held yesterday the members of the Merchant Service Guild of Australasia discussed the strike, and decided not ...
Article : 505 wordsWith the commandeering today of all coal in bulks, the Navy Department has now a large quantity of fuel available. ...
Article : 110 wordsMr F. Hagelthorn, Minister for Agriculture, stated this afternoon that he had been informed by a Cabinet colleague that 150 students of the Church ...
Article : 52 wordsMr F. Hagelthorn, Minister for Agriculture, staled this afternoon that the watchmen employed at the Brooklyn wheat stacks had declined to cease ...
Article : 63 words"Accept all the perishable goods you like," was the message received by the Victorian Commissioners today from the Railway authorities in New ...
Article : 90 wordsIn port today the crew of an overseas vessel gave notice of their intention to leave the steamer. The vessel is employed in the phosphate trade, and ...
Article : 216 words"As showing the far-reaching effects of this trouble," said Mr W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister, this afternoon, "I have been waited on this morning by ...
Article : 240 wordsMr W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister, announced this afternoon that offices had been taken in Collins street [?] the National Service Bureau, and ...
Article : 320 wordsMr G. Fuller, Acting Premier, made the following statement today:--"E. J. Kavanagh's strike ballot proposal shows that he and other members of the ...
Article : 441 wordsOwing to the impossibility of forwarding consignments to other States by sea, most of the boot manufacturers are faced with the necessity of ...
Article : 134 wordsMost of the coal yards in the city have refused orders for housekeeping purposes. All the coal available will be required for the hospitals and ...
Article : 71 wordsArriving a day early, on account of not having called at Sydney, the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Aramac came up the river from Brisbane at ...
Article : 82 wordsThere are 800 men in the volunteers' camp on the Sydney Cricket Ground. Six medical students have volunteered. Major Read, the medical officer, has ...
Article : 207 wordsNo delays are occurring in the despatch and receipt of mails by train. The work of the mails branch in this respect is running without a hitch. The ...
Article : 43 words"Undoubtedly the strike is interfering with the military arrangements," said Senator G. F. Pearce, Minister for Defence, in reply to a question today. ...
Article : 77 wordsAt a special meeting of the Geelong West Council last night strong feeling was manifested on the question of a new site for the fire brigade ...
Article : 144 words"We are out to break the strike so far as the lumping and stacking of wheat are concerned," said a shipping agent today. "And." he added, "there ...
Article : 271 wordsAbout 150 volunteers, many of whom were University students, were engaged this morning stacking wheat at the Brooklyn yards. ...
Article : 174 wordsSatisfaction with the action of the Common wealth Government in regard to the organising of "free" labor was expressed generally by ship owners ...
Article : 72 wordsThough work on the loading of a transport at Port Melbourne was continued today no other work was done by members of the Wharf Laborers' ...
Article : 268 wordsWhen the Interstate Commission--Messrs A. B. Piddington, K.C., George Swinburne, and N. S. Lockyer, I.S.O.--met today for the investigation of food ...
Article : 192 wordsAs the result of a fire which occurred shortly before one o'clock this morning in a brick building at 72 Madeline street, Carlton, occupied as ...
Article : 100 wordsIn consequence of the trolly and draymen having decided to handle perishable foodstuffs to and from the Darling Harbor stations and the Sussex street ...
Article : 76 wordsA statement by the Railway Commissioners today announces that the train services are increasing daily. The number of trams running today ...
Article : 372 wordsThe central figure is that of Captain J. H. Drummond, M.C., formerly of the 23rd Battalion, and now attached to the 6th Machine Gun Company. He is 27 years of age, and gained his commission as second-Lieutenant on May 5, 1915. He went on active service in charge of the third reinforcements of the 23rd (Victorian) Battalion, and was promoted lieutenant on August 27 of the same year. After having taken part in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 127 wordsAs a result of the shortage of supplies at the Homebush saleyards three old hands were put off and the other men at the yards then ceased work ...
Article : 121 wordsVictoria's Government Labor Bureau in King street is very busy registering the names of men applying for work. By 11 a.m. today 60 men had been ...
Article : 131 wordsBy an issued today, the Navy Department has taken control of all coal in hulks. The supply lying in yards and on the wharves is not ...
Article : 162 wordsAmong the 297 drivers of vehicles granted permits yesterday by the police to ply for passengers was that of Mrs Sarah Stork, of Waterfall, who drove ...
Article : 100 wordsArrangements are being made for sleeping accommodation and meals for the men engaged through the Labor Bureau and sent to Brooklyn to work ...
Article : 59 wordsThree women students of the Burnley School of Horticulture called on Mr F. Hagelthorn, Minister for Agriculture, this morning and offered their services ...
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The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Thu 16 Aug 1917, Page 1
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