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  2. SYDNEY SUFFERING

    There are 800 men in the Volunteers' Camp, on the Sydney Cricket Ground, or whom 300 are already working on the ...

    Article : 190 words
  3. SHIPPING

    At a meeting held yesterday the members of the Merchant Service Guild of Australasia discussed the strike, and decided not ...

    Article : 505 words
  4. NAVY TAKES ACTION

    With the commandeering today of all coal in bulks, the Navy Department has now a large quantity of fuel available. ...

    Article : 110 words
  5. SCHOOL CHILDREN'S OFFER

    Mr 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 words
  6. LOYAL WATCHMEN PRAISED

    Mr F. Hagelthorn, Minister for Agriculture, staled this afternoon that the watchmen employed at the Brooklyn wheat stacks had declined to cease ...

    Article : 63 words
  7. PERISHABLE GOODS ACCEPTED

    "Accept all the perishable goods you like," was the message received by the Victorian Commissioners today from the Railway authorities in New ...

    Article : 90 words
  8. CREW GIVES NOTICE

    In 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
  9. EFFECTS FAR-REACHING

    "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 words
  10. [?]ATIONAL BUREAU OFFICERS CHOSEN

    Mr W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister, announced this afternoon that offices had been taken in Collins street [?] the National Service Bureau, and ...

    Article : 320 words
  11. MINISTRY DECLINES TIME CARD BALLOT

    Mr 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 words
  12. FACTORIES SLACKEN HANDS

    Owing to the impossibility of forwarding consignments to other States by sea, most of the boot manufacturers are faced with the necessity of ...

    Article : 134 words
  13. HOUSEHOLDERS DEPRIVED TO ENSURE FUEL FOR SICK

    Most 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 words
  14. ARAMAC ARRIVES

    Arriving 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 words
  15. VOLUNTEERS

    There 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 words
  16. MAILS NOT DELAYED

    No 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
  17. MILITARY WORK AFFECTED, SAYS DEFENCE MINISTER

    "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 words
  18. BLOWS EXCHANGED

    At 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
  19. "OUT TO BREAK THE STRIKE," SAY THE SHIPPING AGENTS

    "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 words
  20. GRAIN SUPPLY

    About 150 volunteers, many of whom were University students, were engaged this morning stacking wheat at the Brooklyn yards. ...

    Article : 174 words
  21. FEDERAL AID WELCOMED IN ORGANISING OF LABOR

    Satisfaction with the action of the Common wealth Government in regard to the organising of "free" labor was expressed generally by ship owners ...

    Article : 72 words
  22. IDLE FLEET GROWS

    Though 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 words
  23. FOOD PRICES COMMISSION ANNOUNCES ITS PROCEDURE

    When 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 words
  24. FIRE DAMAGES AUCTION ROOM

    As 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 words
  25. PERISHABLE GOODS HANDLED

    In 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 words
  26. TRAINS AND TRAMS RAPIDLY INCREASE

    A statement by the Railway Commissioners today announces that the train services are increasing daily. The number of trams running today ...

    Article : 372 words
  27. "DOWNHEARTED? NO!"

    The 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 words
  28. MEAT EMPLOYES INVOLVED

    As 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 words
  29. FREE LABOR REGISTERING

    Victoria'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 words
  30. NAVY COMMANDEERS ALL COAL IN HULKS

    By 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 words
  31. COACH AND FIVE DRIVEN BY WOMAN FROM COUNTRY

    Among 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 words
  32. MR. HAGE[?]THORN ARRANGES FOOD AND SHELTER SUPPLY

    Arrangements are being made for sleeping accommodation and meals for the men engaged through the Labor Bureau and sent to Brooklyn to work ...

    Article : 59 words
  33. WOMEN TO SERVE MEALS

    Three women students of the Burnley School of Horticulture called on Mr F. Hagelthorn, Minister for Agriculture, this morning and offered their services ...

    Article : 73 words
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