The State Board of Trade's determination that £3/17/6 per week should be the basic wage has caused consternation among employers, who declare that industries in New South Wales would receive a staggering blow in competition with those of other States if the determination became operative. ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Government was not prepared to go on with its bill to adjust the proposed increased basic wage in the Legislative Assembly last night. Members were informed that the ...
Article : 723 wordsMr. Hughes introduced an important bill to amend the Constitution to-night. It is called the Constitution Alteration (Nationalisation of Monopolies) Bill, and its ...
Article : 281 wordsAdvices have reached Copenhagen that the Finus have smashed the Bolshevik front, capturing thousands of prisoners. A Helsingfors message says the ...
Article : 109 wordsThe French aviator, M. Etienne Poulet, who was to have started on his flight to Australia, at the eleventh hour postponed his departure owing to the non-arrival of certain British ...
Article : 48 wordsyesterday's conference at Caxton Hall, which met to discuss the question of a united policy in connection with the strike, was attended by representatives of the following ...
Article : 315 wordsIt does not seem likely that Parliament will be dissolved before October 31. The con[?] tution bills have to be got out of the way before the end of next week to enable [?] ...
Article : 173 wordsThe annual report of the Water and Sewerage Board, which was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly last night, stated that the total number of new buildings ...
Article : 82 wordsAn apology has been received from the Russian commander in siberia for the Hogging of an American soldier by the Cossack commander at [?] ...
Article : 35 wordsInformation was given in the Senate to-day by Senator Russell regarding the cost to Australia of the Australian Peace Delegation to Europe. The amount includes Mr. ...
Article : 753 wordsLieutenant-General Sir Harry Chauvel, Mr. H. S. Gullett, and the Bishop of Gippsland, Dr. Cranswick, formerly rector of St. Paul's, Chatswood, were the guests of the Millions ...
Article : 627 wordsThe Railway Commissioners were on tour in the country yesterday, and will not return to Sydney until to-night. It was not possible to obtain a statement ...
Article : 143 wordsThe Premier stated definitely last night that the measure which the Government was considering would operate throughout the State. It would impose an obligation upon all the ...
Article : 243 wordsA Copenhagen report says Herr Noske, referring to the Entente's ultimatum, demanding the evacuation of the Baltic Provinces by Germany, declared that the Government was ...
Article : 69 wordsAnother joyous whirl—this time the Sydney Hospital Peace Offering Ball. It was yet another, and perhaps, the most beautiful of the big social functions with ...
Article : 1,073 wordsAccording to a Copenhagen message, "Vorw[?]rts" declares that the task of feeding Germany during the winter is hopeful. Results from the harvest are good, while ...
Article : 86 wordsShipping people were keenly interested in yesterday's announcement regarding the fixing of the living wage. While it was agreed that coastal, interstate, and oversea ...
Article : 314 wordsWell-informed [?]rters believe that the railwaymen welcome the opportunity to reopen negotiations with a view to possible settlement. A certain section of the Cabinet ...
Article : 296 wordsThe Board of Trade Journal draws attention to the serious decline of Britain's p[?] ponderance in Australia's import trade, enterprising competitors secured a firm ...
Article : 214 wordsThe Premier's announcement of the Board of Trade's finding with regard to the living wage, and of the immediate enactment by legislation, was the cause of perturbation ...
Article : 1,134 wordsAn Empire conference of meteorologists, held at the Air Ministry, at which Mr. H. A. Hunt is representing Australia, considered the selection of the most suitable stations all ...
Article : 171 wordsThe postponed clauses of the Local Government Bill were further considered in committee. Mr. R. D. Meagher moved the adjournment ...
Article : 271 wordsThe Women's Christian Temperance Union of New South Wales continued its State convention in the Belvoir-street Baptist Church yesterday. The State president. Mrs. W. ...
Article : 446 wordsInquiries from master builders showed that the decision will affect the building trades as far as the pay of labourers and painters are concerned, both of whom (with the exception ...
Article : 196 wordsA volley of stones was thrown at a Midland train bound from Leicester to Peterb[?]. The engine was dented, but the driver was unhurt. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Senate passed the last of the resolutions approving of the ratification of the Peace Treaty. The Nauru Island Agreement [?] passed ...
Article : 36 wordsA message from Washington states that Mr. Gary, head of the [?] trust, has denied Mr. Gompers' allegations that the trust illtreated its employees. The a legation that ...
Article : 69 wordsThe authorities at [?] Castle have obtained a copy of a proclamation alieged to have been issued by "the military authority of the Irish Republic," which was placarded ...
Article : 92 wordsA large gathering assembled at the Cranbrook School, Bellevue Hill, yesterday afternoon, on the occasion of the opening of new classrooms. The visitors were received by ...
Article : 336 wordsThe shipbuilding industry, which is practically in its infancy in Australia, would be considerably affected if the minimum wage, as suggested by the Board of Trade, had to ...
Article : 170 wordsAustralian a[?] aboard the transPort Euripides challenged Durban athletes by wireless in running, swimming, rowing, cricket, etc. The local men made a good ...
Article : 114 words"Money for the Peace Loan is coming in," a member of the committee states, "with exasperating slowness in the metropolitan area, but it is coming in." Earlier in the week ...
Article : 329 wordsThe Agents General strongly resent their treament by the [?] Ministry yesterday, [?] was unable to see the Minister with regard to the re-export of ...
Article : 110 wordsBeginning at the end of November the Commonwealth Government line will inaugurate a regular fortnightly service of cargo steamers between Britain and Australia. ...
Article : 152 wordsA Vienna report says the Hungarian Government has instituted criminal proceedings against 1500 persons charged with misdeeds during the Bolshevik regime. Five ...
Article : 251 wordsDiscussing the probable effects of the Board of Trade's new living wage on the pastoral industry, Mr. J. W. Allen, secretary of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales, ...
Article : 196 wordsThe School of Arts building was destroyed by fire last night. It contained a valuable library, and was insured in the Sun Fire Office for £[?] ...
Article : 38 wordsFollowing on the announcement of the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Oman, that the price of wheat for home consumption was to be increased to 5/6 a bushel, the Victorian ...
Article : 109 wordsA sensational boating accident occurred on the Parramatta River yesterday afternoon, as a result of which one member of a boating party is believed to have been drowned. Two ...
Article : 221 wordsThe New South Wales Labour Council has decided not to be represented at the Eight-hour banquet on Saturday night. At the meeting of the council last night ...
Article : 100 wordsA Johannesburg report says the mining outlook, despite the recent appreciation of gold values, is still regarded as critical, the chief cause of anxiety being the enormously ...
Article : 97 wordsThe steamer Cap Polonic, which, according to yesterday's cablegrams, is being taken over by the P. and O. Company, will, if placed in this trade, be the largest vessel to visit ...
Article : 126 wordsThe declaration by the Board of Trade fixing the basic minimum wage at £3/17/6 per week for adult male labour was received with Jubilation in trades union circles yesterday. ...
Article : 1,538 wordsThe decision of the Necessary Commodities Commission in Sydney to reseind the previous maximum fixed price of £18 for potatoes has had the immediate effect of causing the price ...
Article : 70 wordsThe bitterness which was engendered amongst the wharf-labourers during the recent seamen's strike [?] in a melee on the wharf this morning in which about 150 ...
Article : 109 wordsThe [?] to [?] the State chess championship was continued on Wednesday night at the Sydney School of Arts. Neild beat Kite. The other games between ...
Article : 50 wordsMr. Hampson will catch the carliest possible setamer for Australia, and hopes in reach Be[?] before Christmas. He has mailed [?] election address to Labour ...
Article : 37 wordsMr. Holman states that the Government has decided to print the records of the Australasian Antarctic expedition under Sir Douglas [?] ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 3 Oct 1919, Page 7
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