The first public intimation that trouble was brewing among the tramway employees was contained in an article published in the "Herald" of Wednesday, July 15. ...
Article : 815 wordsAn experience of the kind through which Sydney is at present passing brings home vividly the extent to which the tramway system enters into the domestic and business ...
Article : 1,534 wordsSir Thomas Gibson Carmichael, Governor designate of Victoria, and Lady Carmichael, arrived at Adelaide by mail steamer from England, en route to Melbourne, on Saturday. ...
Article : 308 wordsIn New South Wales there has never been such an organised strike against the Government as an employer before. Men have left work in small batches on occasions, but ...
Article : 782 wordsSir,—To those of us unpossessed of means other than walking the tram strike is not popular, but our lot could be considerably lightened if the municipal authorities laid the ...
Article : 105 wordsSir,—There are rumours of the Intention to greatly extend the strike, now confined to the tramway men. If this rumour is borne out by events it will be necessary for the ...
Article : 186 wordsSir,—In view of the present strike, which is considered by the general public, to say the least of it, most ill-advised, and who I feel sure are in no way in sympathy with the ...
Article : 268 wordsA design for on Australian Coat of Arms has been received by the Federal Government from England, accompanied, by Royal warrant. It consists of a shield standing ...
Article : 81 wordsSir,—as one of the public, I consider the present strike unwarranted, and opposed to the provisions of adjustment in the settlement of industrial disputes. The tramway ...
Article : 389 wordsSir,—I am sure you will agree this is not a time for weighing in gold scales proprieties of language or discussing how far the suggestions of Lord Chesterfield might have been ...
Article : 348 wordsimmigration officers have considerable trouble with Chinese who return from a trip to their own country accompanied by relatives. These persons have at times been ...
Article : 104 wordsSir,—The present strike of tram drivers should show the Government how wrong it was to ever have permitted any public servants to join a union. If unionism is ...
Article : 127 wordsSir,—So far as I have seen no public men have expressed any opinion on the subject of the tramway trouble. Doubtless this reticence is only the result of a desire not to interfere. ...
Article : 319 wordsLord Northcote and party arrived at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon at Oodnadatta. They were met by the townspeople. The Rev. F. Rollens presented an address of welcome, to ...
Article : 162 wordsSir,—Allow me heartly to congratulate the Railway Commissioners and yourselves upon the calm, decisive manner that has distinguished their replies and decisions and your ...
Article : 407 wordsSir,—As the executive has determined upon the drastic step of commencing the war against the public and Commissioners by ordering the men to step off their trams, no ...
Article : 86 wordsSir,—You announce this morning that the tramway employees have unanimously decided to strike, and by such action they defy authority, which is generally respected in all ...
Article : 406 wordsThe Treasurer (Mr. Peake) on Saturday alternoon made the following statement:—"In consequence of the misunderstanding over the flotation of the South Australian loan falling ...
Article : 428 words"In taking the action they have," the Premier said to a deputation yesterday with reference to the tramway strike, "the men have absolutely ignored in a most flagrant ...
Article : 944 wordsSir, Any sympathy the public may have had for the men in their laudable efforts to have the alleged wrongs of one of their comrades, put right have been weakened considerably ...
Article : 316 wordsSir,—As the public is at present much interested in the merits of the tramway dispute, perhaps some facts which have come under my own notice may be of interest. ...
Article : 251 wordsSir,—It seems to have been overlooked that the man Croucher had his remedy at law against the Railway Commissioners if he had been wrongfully dismissed. ...
Article : 100 wordsSir,—I think the action of the tramway employees in striking, as they have done, and paralysing traffic, putting thousands of defenceless people to endless inconvenience, is ...
Article : 201 wordsOrders were received by the pilot steamer Captain Cook at dusk last evening to immediately cast off her moorings in Watson's Bay and to proceed at full speed to the assistance ...
Article : 196 wordsSir,—What is the object of taking a Ballot instead of an open vote? So that the members of an association or club, while expressing their opinion, should in no way be ...
Article : 313 wordsMessrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s Island [?] steamer Tambo (Captain Wetherall) arrived from Sydney at the Cascades on the 6th inst, after a record passage, and resumed her ...
Article : 194 wordsSir—As an eyewitness of the conduct or the crowd this morning in the vicinity of the Haymarket, I think the auction of the Premier to say the least, is most injudicious in ...
Article : 142 wordsSir,—In view of the disgraceful state existing in the city amongst so-called civilised people, it seems that there is only a single course to pursue as a lasting cure for the ...
Article : 135 wordsAfter an exciting battle with the elements, the barque Laura safely reached Sydney last night with a cargo of 234,000ft of white pine from Greymouth, New Zealand. ...
Article : 174 wordsMr. E. F. Pittman, Under-Secretary for Mines, paid a visit to the Clarence district, during which he inspected a number of mining properties. On being interviewed Mr. ...
Article : 143 wordsThe retail butchers in the metr politan area have notified customers that from to-morrow the price of meat will be advanced, the added prices being from 1d to 3d per lb. ...
Article : 67 wordsSir,—Please grant space for a few lines on this very deplorable incident. I think that every right-thinking person in the community must sincerely regret that this fine body of ...
Article : 403 wordsSir,—Kindly permit a stranger who has for some time already lived in this delightful country to express his views on the present tramway strike, and without presuming to ...
Article : 642 wordsSir,—There is one phase of the tramway strike which strongly concerns the Clerks Union and about which all the members of the union feel that they should make a ...
Article : 246 wordsThe Family Stimulant. Ask for it.—Advt. For Influenza and Colds in the H[?]d, Woods Great Peppermint Cure. 1s 6d.—Advt. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Family Stimulant. Ask for it—Advt. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 27 Jul 1908, Page 14
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