The general strike in the coal industry began officially at 12 o'clock last night. Pits employing Miners' Federation labour in every State, except Western Australia, are idle. Leaders of the miners announced yesterday that they had ...
Article : 202 wordsThe blackest week-end since 1914 faces Britain and France. This is the conviction of the average man. Nevertheless, the public is ...
Article : 542 wordsThe Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan, in his annual report, records a surplus of £51,469 for the year ended June 30. ...
Article : 609 wordsFighting as terrific as that which took place at Shanghai in 1937 is raging round Hankow. The Chinese losses are estimated at 20,000 during ...
Article : 163 wordsThe French Mediterranean fleet is at Toulon, with steam up and standing by. Officials refuse to discuss projected fleet movements. ...
Article : 891 wordsThere is no diminution of the crisis in Europe, though major developments, either for better or for worse, are unlikely until early next week, by which time Herr Hitler is expected to have given a clue to his policy, after being acquainted with the British ...
Article : 310 wordsThe Consul-General for China, Dr. Pao, has supplied the following extracts from reports cabled to him by the Chinese Government on Thursday:— ...
Article : 179 wordsMiners' Federation members implicitly observed the instructions of their organisation that all work should cease in collieries at midnight. The position ...
Article : 901 wordsM. Avenol, Secretary-General of the League of Nations, told high officials of the League yesterday that the forthcoming meeting of the League Assembly would not only be the most ...
Article : 178 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the British United Press says that, according to well-informed German sources at Nuremberg, Herr von Ribbentrop ...
Article : 968 wordsThe Trades Union Congress, by 2,619,000 votes to 1,493,000, to-day adopted its general council's report embodying the decision of the general ...
Article : 229 wordsStormy weather is sweeping across New South Wales, and is expected to reach Sydney this afternoon. It is likely to be short-lived but violent, with ...
Article : 153 wordsThe strike ordered began at the State coal mine, Wonthaggi, at midnight. The miners claim that they already have provisions sufficient to last three months. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 41 wordsThe bunkering of steamers at Newcastle may be impeded if the strike lasts long. Several interstate and oversea vessels have not been able to get full cargoes of coal since the ...
Article : 121 wordsImportant developments may follow a review of the Commonwealth's migration plans when the Federal Cabinet meets next week. It is suggested that ...
Article : 227 wordsThe Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, to-night denied that national insurance contributions could be described as taxation. In the case of employees, he ...
Article : 255 wordsThe miners' delegation to Mr. Lyons this morning will include the Federal vice-president of the federation, Mr. T. Hoare, the general secretary, Mr. W. ...
Article : 447 wordsThe Minister for Mines, Mr. Holmeyr, has resigned as a result of the Cabinet crisis (reported in a late edition of the "Herald" yesterday). and the former Minister for ...
Article : 108 wordsMr. Herbert Morrison. M.P., in a speech at Carlisle, said: "The only hope now of preventing an attack on Czechoslovakia is for the great peaceful ...
Article : 163 wordsA meeting of the British Cabinet has been called for Monday morning next. The Cabinet will hear a report from the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, on ...
Article : 582 wordsAn audit showed that the Dionne quintuplets had earned 800,000 dollars (£A200,000) since their birth. Their guardians are planning to spend ...
Article : 54 wordsFrederick Dickens, of Ralston Road. Palm Beach, caretaker, was seized, bound, and gagged by two men whom he surprised in Mr. C. Ifould's home ...
Article : 251 wordsA mild-mannered little man walked into a large mid-town bank at the height of the afternoon business yesterday and patiently awaited his turn at the manager's desk. ...
Article : 137 wordsFor some time Sydney manufacturers have been building up reserves of coal. There is little likelihood of a cessation of manufacturing industries for a few ...
Article : 133 wordsRemarkable evidence was given in the Auckland Police Court, when Norman Avison. 33, a hotel porter, was charged with being an idle and disorderly person and with ...
Article : 190 wordsIn Queensland, more than 2,500 men will be out of work because of the strike. They will lose in wages at least £10,000 a week. ...
Article : 55 wordsThe French seaplane Lieutenant de Vaisseau Pairs has arrived here from the Azores, thus completing its return flight across the Atlantic from New York. ...
Article : 121 wordsIn shipping circles there is a confident feeling that the strike will be short, but, even if it lasts for many weeks, the industry is prepared to meet it. ...
Article : 247 words"The Times," in a further article defending its suggestion for the secession of the alien fringe of population in Czechoslovakia as a solution of the ...
Article : 430 wordsThe "Manchester Guardian" says that a second cargo of coal has been sold to Australia. It consists of 7,000 tons from Yorkshire. It will be shipped from the ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, said to-day that reports from Grent Britain on the international sitution were not of a nature that demanded an immediate meeting of the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 10 Sep 1938, Page 11
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