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  2. LABOUR WANTED.

    The following advertisement appears in another column:— The Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union having refused to carry out its duties as a Naval ...

    Article : 153 words
  3. PRICE FIXING.

    Pending a decision by the Interstate Commission in regard to the price of various commodities, the Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, stated yesterday that the prices already fixed ...

    Article : 100 words
  4. MEAT INDUSTRY.

    Housewives will welcome the announcement made at the close of a meeting of master butchers yesterday afternoon that all retail shops are to be open as usual for the sale of ...

    Article : 298 words
  5. MINERS' STRIKE.

    "I should like," said Mr. Fuller on Saturday, "to deal with the last bulletin issued on behalf of the Strike Promotion Committee. "In spite of assurances to the contrary, we ...

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  6. SHIPPING STRIKE.

    The problem of supplying sufficient labour for the wharfs is gradually being solved. The Government is now in a position to supply labour for the purpose of unloading ships and ...

    Article : 553 words
  7. STRIKE LEADERS ARRESTED.

    A startling development over the week-end in connection with the strike was the arrest at about midnight of Saturday of three men whose names have figured prominently in ...

    Article : 525 words
  8. PRIME MINISTER'S PLANS.

    Seen late to-night on the situation created by the wharf-labourers not resuming work, the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) made the following statement:—"I greatly regret to ...

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  9. STRIKE COMMITTEE'S COMMENTS.

    At the close of a meeting of the Defence Committee last night it was stated:—"The conference to-night considered the position created by the arrest of Messrs. Kavanagh, ...

    Article : 464 words
  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Most fair-minded people will be disposed to agree with what your contributor, Mr. Boote, has to say concerning the behaviour of the men on strike and their fine spirit of ...

    Article : 648 words
  11. WAR CASUALTIES.

    Mr. G. S. Rigg, of Newtown, has been advised that his eldest son Lieut. George Southerton, has been killed in France. He was previously in the service of the City Bank. ...

    Article : 401 words
  12. THE RAILWAYS.

    The Railway Commissioners stated on Saturday that in consequence of a number of warehouses and leading shops remaining closed the suburban trains were well able to ...

    Article : 247 words
  13. MEAT HELD UP.

    Inquiries made on Saturday elicited the information that various meat companies consider the position in the north caused by the strike of railway employees to be a very ...

    Article : 242 words
  14. EXTEND THE STRIKE.

    The Newcastle District Defence Committee met this afternoon. The members of the local committee intend urging their colleagues in Sydney to consider a policy which would ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. RETURN TO WORK.

    Fourteen engine-drivers, ten firemen, and one cleaner returned to work at Hamilton to-day and were accepted. It is not intended to increase the suburban passenger service ...

    Article : 100 words
  16. OMANA SAILS.

    The first interstate steamer to sail since the seamen's strike cleared the Heads on Saturday afternoon. This was Messrs. Scott Fell and Company's steamer Omana. The ...

    Article : 104 words
  17. RECRUITING.

    The northern recruiting train, which left Tenterfield on Monday, August 6, arrived to Newcastle yesterday afternoon with 90 recruits to its credit. Forty-three travelled by ...

    Article : 122 words
  18. STRIKE COMMITTEE.

    Mr. Mutch, M.L.A., on behalf of the Strike Defence Conference, stated on Saturday afternoon that at a meeting called to receive the report of the representatives who waited on ...

    Article : 143 words
  19. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—The laboured apology by Mr. H. E. Boote for the strikers, which appeared in your issue of Saturday, comes as a last despairing effort to fan the expiring embers of ...

    Article : 1,058 words
  20. THE TRAMWAYS.

    No difficulty is being experienced in dealing with the tram traffic. Over 230 trams were in use on Friday, and 238 at 11 a.m. on Saturday. ...

    Article : 222 words
  21. BARRIER MINES.

    The position of the mines as regards coal supply has become serious Mr. E. J. Horwood, president of the Mining Managers' Association, announced to-day.—"As the stocks ...

    Article : 103 words
  22. CONFERENCES.

    There have boen two conferences at the Raliway Institute between members of the Strike Committee and the Chief Railway Commissioner, on Saturday night and again on ...

    Article : 515 words
  23. NEWCASTLE STEAMERS.

    The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company have, without intermission, conducted their cargo trade between Sydney, Newcastle, and Morpeth since the strike started, with the ...

    Article : 107 words
  24. QUEENSLAND STRIKE.

    Private telegrams from Townsville, Cloncurry, and other towns affected by the north ern raliway strike suggest that in the opinion of business people the trouble will ...

    Article : 117 words
  25. NORTHERN COLLIERIES.

    Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, said to-day that the executive officers were not much alarmed at the action of the Government in amending ...

    Article : 460 words
  26. DEAN TALBOT'S ATTITUDE.

    "I do not propose," said Mr. Fuller on Saturday, "to enter into a controversy with Dean Talbot. I can only express regret that he should have made the statements attributed ...

    Article : 196 words
  27. SHIPS HELD UP AT BRISBANE.

    A new development has taken place in connection with the industrial dispute. The unloading of the Wyandra has been completed, but as the seamen who signed on at ...

    Article : 164 words
  28. MR. BOOTE AND THE STRIKE.

    Sir,—The article by Mr. Boote in your issue of August 18 may not unfairly be taken to put the case for the men on strike as fully and as ably as it is possible to state it. As ...

    Article : 909 words
  29. THE LOYALISTS.

    "I agree readily," said Mr. Fuller on Saturday, "that it is a matter of very small importance whether the inquiry proposed is held in six weeks or three months, but there is ...

    Article : 125 words
  30. FREMANTLE LUMPERS' STRIKE.

    The whole of the lumpers at Fremantle decided to cease work following upon the commencement of work by clerks and other free labour on loading operations. ...

    Article : 34 words
  31. DEATH OF MR. A. LAMOND.

    The death occurred yesterday at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. W. P. Stephen, at Leichhardt, of Mr. Allan Lamond, at the age of 81 years. The deceased, who was father ...

    Article : 75 words
  32. SHIPWRIGHTS.

    A meeting of the Shipwrights' Union was held on Saturday morning. At the termination of the proceedings members of the union explained that about 450 members were now ...

    Article : 45 words
  33. DOMAIN SPEECHES.

    There have been many large gatherings in the Sydney Domain' in recent years, but yesterday's assemblage eclipsed them all in point of numbers. Some judges estimated 80,000, ...

    Article : 581 words
  34. VOLUNTEERS.

    The Acting-Premier stated on Saturday that there has been such a good response to the appeal for volunteers that no more are required at present. ...

    Article : 458 words
  35. THE CARTERS.

    The business of Sussex-street, the greatest food-distributing centre in the city, has been practically declared black. That is to say, the Trolly and Draymen's Union, at a ...

    Article : 573 words
  36. INDEX.

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  37. A SERIOUS STEP.

    A serious step has been taken by the Colliery Employees' Federation in deciding to remove pumpers, water bailers, top bands, and other employees who have been working ...

    Article : 189 words
  38. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 194 words
  39. CLERICAL WORKERS.

    A special meeting of the Australian Clerical Workers' Association was held at the Trades Hall on Saturday afternoon. The officials would not supply any particulars ...

    Article : 80 words
  40. MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.

    An official of the Municipal Employees' Association stated on Saturday that the trouble which had occurred at White Bay owing to a number of the employees of the City ...

    Article : 52 words
  41. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 117 words
  42. WATER AND SEWERAGE EMPLOYEES.

    The threatened trouble amongst the mornbers of the Water and Sewerage Employees' Union has now apparently been settled. It was stated on Friday that in all probability ...

    Article : 106 words
  43. STOPPAGE AT NEWNES.

    A report from Newnes runs as follows:—At a meeting of the Miners' Union on Wednesday evening it was decided to cease work, and on Thursday all underground operations are to ...

    Article : 99 words
  44. LATE SHIPPING.

    Era, s, 2379 tons, Captain Parkes, from Cairns. Howard, Smith, Ltd., agents. ...

    Article : 20 words
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