The coal-lumpers have broken from the Strike Congress. This may spread to the wharf-labourers. The coal-lumpers met yesterday and determined to come out on strike to-day. ...
Article : 178 wordsThe presidents of the Sudney Chamber of Commerce, the Employers' Federation, and the Sydney Chamber of Manufatures were asked their opinions on the Lord Mayor's scheme ...
Article : 435 wordsThe conditions, however, which apply in the north and south, so as to make proprietors—almost all of them-hopeless of free labour, do not apply in the west. Many of ...
Article : 167 wordsThe wharf-labourers last night passed a resoilution calling on all members of the union belonging to the Naval Brigade or any vouluntecer corps to resign from those forees, ...
Article : 184 wordsThe statement published this morning, that it was probable that certain mines in the district would be reopened and worked by free labour in order to supply coal for public ...
Article : 286 wordsThe Musicians' Union has voted £25 to the assistance of wives and families of the miners. In order to help those of its own members who are in need a collection is being ...
Article : 50 wordsIt was reported here to-day a body of non-unionist travelled onthe mail last night from Sydney, their destination being Cullen Bullen. ...
Article : 368 wordsAt the Milk and Ice Carters' Union concert in the Trades Hall last night, the Corrimal Minors' Band attended by invitation, and after they had played a selection or two, a ...
Article : 67 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day Mr. Frazer (W.A.) said that a petition had been presented to Mr. Justice Isaacs in his capacity as Actiing President of the Federal ...
Article : 950 wordsThe Acting-Premier said in Parliament on Tuesday that the Government would yesterday invite both side—the mineowners to reopen the mines, the miners to work them. The ...
Article : 720 wordsA scheme was adopted last night by the women's Oranising Committee of the Political Labour League, calculated to raise funds to assit the miners wives and childern and ...
Article : 128 wordsThere are only three ways in which the people of New South Wales can get their coal again—and they are at last all in sight. The question of the strike is now a question of ...
Article : 388 wordsNotwithstanding the statement by Mr. Hughes that the Ebbw Main and Young Wallsend mines were to be closed down, they were still at work to-day, and the output amounted ...
Article : 214 wordsThe combined committee representing the East Greta and South Greta lodges met to-day, when reports regarding necessitous cases were received. Arrangemetns were made to ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Lord Mayor, also, had a proposal for what might be called mediation by compulsion. The proposal, which, as shortly explained in Tuesday's "herald," was the ...
Article : 879 wordsA bank draft for £481 was forwarded to-day by the sceretary of the Trades Hall Council to Sydney for the Newcastle strike fund. The principal subscriptions were:—Bootmakers' ...
Article : 70 wordsRegarding the position at Eskbank ironworks Mr. C. H. Hoskins said to-day, "We are tetting along very nicely, and putting on all the men we can at present. We have 284 ...
Article : 363 wordsThe criticism of the Estimates of the Chief Secretary's Department in the Legislative Assembly yesterdayy morning resolved itself into a discussion on the arrest of the strike ...
Article : 2,027 wordsThe Strike Congress met at 11.30 yesterday, sat until after 1, and met again in the afternoon. During the morning Mr. H. A. Mitchell, ...
Article : 213 wordsNegotiations for mediation are still being carried on. very little can be said about them but this much is clear: Those who are carrying them on, at least, believe that the ...
Article : 423 wordsMr. Hughes said yesterday that he had not advocated the nationalising of the mines, but the taking over of them by the Government temporarily, to meet unique ...
Article : 317 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly last evening, Mr. Holman aksed the Acting Premier:—In the event of the House adjourning in the next few days, does the Government propose to ...
Article : 127 wordsAmram Lewis, treasurer of the Coal-miners' Federation, answered to his ball this morning. Mr. Cohen, solicitor, from Newcastle, appeared for him. Constable Robson deposed ...
Article : 93 wordsNorthern poprietors for the most part appeart to hav every little hope that their collieries could be worked by free labour. Mr. J. Wheeler, manager of the ...
Article : 223 wordsThe Coal-lumpers' Union held a protracted meeting in private yesterday afternoon at their rooms, Miller's Point. The meeting lasated form 2 until 5 p.m. It was large ...
Article : 356 words"I feel strongly," said Mr. Holman, the deputy leader of the Labour party last night, "that it is a monstrous thing for the House to adjourn with no more definite proposition left ...
Article : 716 wordsWhen the Legislative Assembly met yesterday afternoon a number of questions were again directed to Ministers regarding the train and from services. ...
Article : 394 wordsSouthern proprietors appeared to have even smaller hopes of tree labour than the northern ones. The position they take is apparently that the Government is not offering ...
Article : 163 wordsWhen the adjournment of the Assembly was moved last night, Mr. Hoiman made a further attempt to get the Acting Premier to say what measures he proposed to adopt ...
Article : 310 wordsIt has been said that to import coal is not practicable. The reasons given were that Australia consumes 6,600,000 tons of New South Wales coal per annum, or 22,000 tons every ...
Article : 426 wordsThe Acting Premier, Mr. Lee, stated last night that the scheme put forwared by the Oord Mayor was tantamout to one of nationalisation, and could not be accepted. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 9 Dec 1909, Page 7
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