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Article : 84 wordsThe Labour amendment for the rejection of the Electricity Bill, and urging nationalisation instead, was defeated by 325 votes to 127, and the bill read a second time. ...
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Article : 214 wordsAt a meeting of the Sydney branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation held yesterday the action of the seamen in declaring the coastal strike off was endorsed. The union ...
Article : 140 wordsThe new buildings and grounds of the Hur[?]stone Agricultural High School at Glenfield, near Liverpool, were opened by the Minister for Education (Mr. Mu[?]ch) yesterday ...
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Article : 184 wordsMr. C. Hibble, chairman of the Coal Industry Special Tribunal, yesterday refused to grant the claims of the Miners' Federation for the abolition of Saturday work for contract ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 1 Apr 1926, Page 11
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