Delegates to the Political Labour League Conference were startled last night by revelations made by prominent unionists regarding the action of the State Government in ...
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Article : 235 wordsThe trades unions strongly disapprove of the decision arrived at by Thames Ironworks employees on Saturday to sacrifice half of the November advance in wages in order to ...
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Article : 125 wordsSenator Bristow has introduced a bill seeking to reduce the Panama Canal Commission from seven members to three, and fixing the ship toll at one dollar per net registered ton, ...
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Article : 34 wordsFrance and Italy are contemplating [?] appointment of a mixed commission to devise means for preventing a recurrence of the seizure of merchant ships, and to arrange a ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 31 Jan 1912, Page 19
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