In order to find employment in other Departments for permanent public service officers who are redundant in their own department, more temporary officers are being dismissed. This method of economy has been ...
Article : 322 wordsFive miners were killed by an explosion in the Auchengeich Colliery at Lanarkshire. Five were entombed in the ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Government was defeated in the Chamber of Deputies following the declaration of M. Boret's wheat ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Parliamentary Labour Party decided to-day, that action should be taken to fix the price of wheat for local consumption at 4/- a bushel. Details of the scheme were not completed, but it ...
Article : 219 wordsAlthough the Trades and Labour Council carried a motion in favour of a general strike, there is little chance ...
Article : 76 wordsReferring to the decision of the Arbitration Court to reduce wages by ten per Cent., the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin), said this afternoon that a ...
Article : 118 wordsMr. Wardlaw Milne (Conservative), in the House of Commons, to-day, inquired whether the Treasury intends to protect British trustees and others ...
Article : 134 wordsThe Federal Cabinet at its meeting to-day appointed Sir Frank Duffy, Chief Justice of the High Court as successor to Sir Isaac Isaacs. ...
Article : 98 wordsIf the price of wheat for home consumption is fixed at 4/- a bushel millers will be compelled to advance the price of flour and it is considered ...
Article : 148 wordsExports of wheat from Melbourne are greater at the present time than at any previous time this season. ...
Article : 55 wordsThe second reading of the debate on the Trades Dispute Bill, which for some months has been the subject of a controversy took place in the Houso of ...
Article : 185 wordsThe lowest Federal award operating in New South Wales is £4/8/ a week, that prescribed for the timber workers. ...
Article : 112 wordsCountry meetings being held in conneetion with the restoration of industry moved by the Producers' Advisory Council are drawing record ...
Article : 234 wordsMr. H. C. Darling, the genetal manager of John Darling and Sons, wheat merchants, said to-day that the Commonwealth Rank's offer of 2/4 a bushel ...
Article : 87 wordsEdward William Olsen, 19, and Alan Charlton Riddell, 19, who were charged at the Paddington Court to-day with having stolen 2/- from a telephone ...
Article : 108 wordsDoubt exists as to whether railway employees will be affected by the Federal Arbitration Court's judgement for a wage reduction ...
Article : 274 wordsCaptain Malcolm Campbell arrived today en route for Daytona beach, where the financial difficulties between the beach authorities and the American ...
Article : 120 wordsThe Commonwealth Registrar (Mr. Tarrant) stated that trades operating under Federal awards other than those mentioned in the Arbitration Court's ...
Article : 251 wordsOfficials of the A.C.T.U. are considering the possibility of legal action to upset the Arbitration Court's de-. cision on some technicality. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Commonwealth Statistician, who is the official authority in Australia on figures, was confronted yesterday afternoon with a problem ...
Article : 101 wordsButter prices will be increased tomorrow, by ½d. a lb. to 161/2 a cwt. This increase is the fifth in three weeks. The price, however, is still ...
Article : 58 wordsThe President of the Hobart Chan[?] ber of Commerce (Mr. M. Butcher) said that the wages cut would have a good effect on industry. It was the ...
Article : 55 wordsIn the course of a speech, to-day, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) forecast an increase in the income tax. ...
Article : 83 wordsThe President of the Employers' Federation (Mr. C. M. McDonald) said to-day that the basic wage cut appeared to be the first step towards ...
Article : 84 wordsThe secession movement among the wheat farmers is arousing great opposition. The Premier of Quebec in moving ...
Article : 84 wordsAlthough the throttle was not more than half open Kaye Don attained, a speed of more than 100 miles an hour with the speed boat Miss England, ...
Article : 160 wordsDiscussing the Federal wage award, the "Financial News" expresses the opinion that it is an important step in the right direction. The Federal ...
Article : 129 wordsAlthough the directors assert that the firm is solvent the Winchester Arms Co. which has taken a leading part in the manufacture of weapons and ...
Article : 60 wordsAngry speeches are expected in Caucus regarding the Federal Arbitration Court's decision for a 10 per cent. cut in the basic Wage. Mr. ...
Article : 78 wordsForty-eight Italians who landed from the Orford accepted their, repatriation in a philosophic spirit. The police paid their rail fares to their homes. ...
Article : 32 wordsIt is estimated that the annual saving in South Australia as a result of the wage reduction will amount to £200,000. About 10,000 men will be ...
Article : 61 wordsThe basle wage reduction will have little effect on industry in this State as very [?]ow callings operate under Federal awards. ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Sat 24 Jan 1931, Page 1
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