What threatens to be a very serious strike began yesterday morning, when the men at a number of the Government workshops—at Randwick, Eveleigh, and a few other depots—"downed tools." In all about 4600 men walked out of the shops. ...
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Article : 538 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig telegraphed to General Petain, the French Commander-in-Chief, paying a tribute to the ability and ardour of the French army in Flanders ...
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Article : 296 wordsThe following communiques show that the Germans are continuing their violent attacks on the French on the Champagne front. ...
Article : 210 wordsAfter starting at the usual hour, 7.30, nearly all the men at the Randwick Workshops ceased work as threatened at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. The strike began quietly ...
Article : 505 wordsIt was ascertained yesterday that the system of recording the time taken by each man over each piece of work upon which he was engaged, either ...
Article : 375 wordsMr. C. E. W. Bean, official correspondent with the Australian forces, cabling from British headquarters on Tuesday evening, says:— ...
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Article : 81 wordsThe correspondent of the "Dally Chronicle," telegraphing from French headquarters in Flanders, saya that the French army is fighting in the sector between Noordschoote and ...
Article : 695 wordsThe High Commissioner for Australia, Mr. Fisher, when visiting the wounded Australians in Huskard's Auxiliary Hospital, Ingatestone, referred in an address to Australia's part in ...
Article : 303 wordsThe Chief Commissioner (Mr. Fraser) stated yesterday that of a total of approximately 570O men in the workshops in the metropolitan area and at Newcastle 1027 remained at work. ...
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Article : 78 wordsIt is semi-officlally reported from Vienna that Count Czernin (Foreign Minister) is pleased with Lord Robert Cecil's recent statement, which is interpreted to mean that ...
Article : 107 wordsMen employed in the workshops at Narrabri West and Werris Creek went out on strike at 11 o'clock this morning. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 3 Aug 1917, Page 7
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