At a meeting of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce, called to consider the advisablencss of waiting on the Premier with a view to getting the abolition or reduction ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 78 wordsH.M.S. Promethus, third-class twin-screw protected cruiuser, 2135 tons displacement, Commander Glassop, 18 guns, from Melbourne. Goodwin, s, 4421 tons, Captain Stewart, from, New ...
Article : 540 wordsA strike of truckers, which resulted in the closing of the Barramble Ranges Mine, at Cue, occurred this week. The truckers, who were receiving 12s 8d per shift, were required ...
Article : 126 wordsThe jubilee celebrations of the Church of England Grammar School were inaugurated on Saturday by a lawn party at the school. It was attended by the Governor of Victoria, Sir ...
Article : 92 words"The line of argument which I have taken up from the beginning of this trouble," said Mr. Hughes yesterday, "is that whilst the unions do not denya technical freedom of ...
Article : 832 wordsSaw-mill proprietors state that if the strike continues it will affect the timber industry, and prices of log timber will have to be reduced. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Town Hall was filled in every part on Saturday evening, when Mme. Clara Butt and Mr. Kennerley Rumford gave the second concert of their farewell season. Both artists ...
Article : 79 wordsOperations at the Lloyd Smelting Works have been very slack this week. Only one furnace and the refinery have been working, and only about half of the men are employed. ...
Article : 188 wordsThe Bellinger district is beginning to feel the effects of the present dispute. Produce has been lying about on the different wharfs on the river. Store goods are in danger of ...
Article : 172 wordsMr. Newman, assistant Government Entomologist, estimates that since Mr. G. Compere, the Government Entomologist, introduced his parasite into Western Australia a few ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Blackball miners' dispute is to be made the subject of a District Court action. Mr. Fox, vice-president of the union, one of the men dismissed, has issued a writ, ...
Article : 97 wordsIn addition to two cases of leprosy among the natives at Cygnet Bay, one of which proved fatal, the Central Board of Health has been advised of a case at Derby, and a ...
Article : 46 wordsMr. Hughes was asked yesterday whether the report that the wharf-labourers had agreed to admit non-unionists into their union was correct. ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Esplanade Hotel, at Middleton Beach, Albany, was burnt to the ground this morning. It was insured for £2000. An inquest will probably be held. ...
Article : 70 wordsA little after midnight on Saturday Rudolf Albert von Romer, who had been practising as a physician, was returning in a motor car from a visit when he said to the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 675 wordsSir,—The dispute between the coastal steamship companies and the engineers and wharf labourers' unions is producing a most acute state of anxiety among the farmers of the ...
Article : 530 wordsAmong the questions directed to the Postmaster-General in the House of Representatives on Friday were the following:—1. Is it a fact that telegraphists in Queensland and ...
Article : 350 words"It was stated yesterday in a Sydney paper," said Mr. R. S. Walpole, secretary of the Employers' Federation of Victoria, "that at a meeting of the Employers' Federation of ...
Article : 183 wordsAt a meeting of the members of the Newcastle Coal Court, held at Sydney on Saturday, Mr. P. Bowling, the miners' representative, informed his Honor Judge Heydon and Mr. ...
Article : 283 wordsCommonwealth, s, for London, via Capetown and ports. Hector, s, for Glasgow, via Hobart and ports. Omrah, R.M S., for Brisbane. ...
Article : 103 wordsAt a meeting of the Farmers' Association to-day a committee was appointed to work in unison with other local bodies respecting railway extension in this district, more ...
Article : 63 wordsGermania, s, for Marshall and Caroline Islands; Devon, s, for New Zealand ports; Kakapo, s, for Strahan; Wauchope, s, for Port Macquarie; Archer, s, for Newcastle; Friendship, s, for Tweed River; Mokau, ...
Article : 48 wordsThe following appeal for funds, dated March 30 weas issued to the various trades-unions during the week. The document was drawn up before the negotiations which led to the ...
Article : 602 wordsIn replying to the toast of his health at the farewell harbour excursion, tendered by the officers of the Public Works Department to Mr. L. A. B. Wade, Mr. C. A. Lee ...
Article : 403 wordsUlimaroa, s, 577 tons, Captain W.J. Wyllie, for Wellington. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. G.T. Edgar, Mr. and Mrs. C. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Pike, Mr. and Mrs. Baxter, Mr. and Mrs. Ashwin, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. ...
Article : 500 wordsWith a view to protecting what is looked upon as an important part of the district's future water supply, the Illawarra Suburban Councils, at the instance of Hurstville ...
Article : 223 wordsThe annual picnic of the employees of the Sydney Harbour Colliery on Saturday at The Avenue. Lane Cove River, was attended by between 300 and 400. ...
Article : 440 wordsOn Friday evening a man who gave his name as Carl Sorensen was found wandering in the bush at Belmore by the Burwood police. He was in a very emaciated condition, and had a ...
Article : 130 wordsSir,—I read in your paper of the 27th inst that wages for wharf labour on Sundays are to be fixed at 3s 9d per hour. Surely this cannot be correct. A sailor, ...
Article : 317 wordsAt an early hour on Saturday, George Witchard, aged 56, lately a resident of Campbell-street, Erskineville, died, presumably as the result of a fall down the stairs of his house. ...
Article : 99 wordsThe following is a copy of a letter which has been sent to Colonel Burns, managing director of Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., by Mr. Ping Nam on behalf of the Chinese ...
Article : 443 wordsAccording to a private cable message received yesterday, the Currie liner Hymettus left Calcutta for Austrlian ports, via Colombo, on Friday last. ...
Article : 29 wordsA group of children were playing in a lane off Bathurst-street yesterday afternoon, lighting and extinguishing small fires. One of their number, Pearl Rogers, a girl of 7 years ...
Article : 95 wordsA large party embarked on the Government steamer Premier on Friday representative of the Public Works Department, to bid farewell to Mr. L.A.B. Wade (Engineer-in-Chief ...
Article : 391 wordsThe P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Mongolia arrived at Adelaide on Saturday. Her mails dated London, March 6, will, it is expected, reach Sydney this morning in time for the delivery of letters front the G.P.O. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe F.M.S. Dumbea leaves Sydney for Marseilles 20th inst, at noon, Melbourne, 23rd, at 1 p.m., Adelaide, 25th, at 1 p.m., due Marseilles May 29. The F.M.S. Ville de la Ciotat left Colombo 1st inst, ...
Article : 214 wordsA youth named Joseph Nugent was working in Stanford-Merthyr Colliery this morning when he was injured by a fall of coal. He received scalp wounds and severe abrasions ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Noorebar—the seventh vessel of the North Coast S.N. Company's fleet manned since the commencement of the strike—was successfully despatched on Saturday ...
Article : 343 wordsMr. A. H. Jeffreys, manager of Delegate station, met with a painful accident yesterday evening through his horse running him against a tree and throwing him on a heap ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Federal Labour party has intimated to the Sydney Labour Council that the following clauses in the mail service to Europe articles of agreement had special significance for ...
Article : 242 wordsSir,—As a farmer I wish to make a few remarks respecting the strike. We are not directly interested in the matter, but still our produce, for which we have had to contend ...
Article : 345 wordsThe Monaro leaves Melbourne to-morrow for Sydney and Newcastle, en route from Adelaide and W.A. ports. The Hobart is due to leave Fremantle to-morrow for ...
Article : 94 wordsHenry Alexander, a jeweller, aged 55, living at Fremantle, in attempting to board a moving train at Perth last night, fell between the platform and the footboard, and was crushed ...
Article : 61 wordsThe French barque Suzanne arrived at Noumea on March 19 from Havre. The ship Illawarra arrived at Noumea from eastern ports on March 2[?], to load ore. ...
Article : 52 wordsA man 27 years of age, who first gave the name of Thomas Black, and then Thomas Jones put a bullet into his head last evening with a revolver, and tumbled into the ...
Article : 101 wordsCAIRNS (1400m).—Dep: April 4, Wyandra, s, for Sydney. TOWNSVILLE (1370m).—Arr: April 4, Dancing Wave, sch, from Maryborough; Peregrine, s, from Sydney. ...
Article : 1,427 wordsAlthough Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bradley were entertained at the Australia by the Sydney Philharmonic Society a few days after their arrival from Glasgow, it was felt that the ...
Article : 292 wordsSouth Australia.—Overland, 5.30 p.m. Victoria.—Overland, 5.30 and 7 p.m. Queensland.—Overland, 3.45 p.m. Auckland, N.Z. (direct).—Devon, 10 a.m. ...
Article : 142 wordsDuring the progress of the first grade cricket match Redfern v Balmain, at Birchgrove Park, on Saturday afternoon, Mr. R. Calloway, one of the umpires, met with a ...
Article : 161 wordsHerbert Clifton, aged 28, residing at "Dorset House," Queen-street, Paddington, was shot by Constable Travers on Saturday night as he was escaping from arrest. ...
Article : 198 wordsThe triennial investigation meeting of the National Mutual Life Association was held on Friday, and passed off satisfactorily. In the absence of Colonel Templeton, Mr. ...
Article : 141 wordsTom Burrows, club swinger, broke his previous record of 61 hours 44 minutes. Great enthusiasm was manifested towards the end of the performance. ...
Article : 29 wordsAt a largely attended meeting of the Cooks and Stewards' Union on Saturday it was unanimously decided to express appreciation of the action of the strike committee and the ...
Article : 56 wordsOverland to Adelaide, and thence per Orient Company's steamer Ortona, April 7. Leteters.—Registered, 3.30 p.m., ordinary, 5.30 p.m. 2d the ½oz for United kingdom, Canada, Ceylon, India, ...
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Advertising : 55 wordsAt a meeting of the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation. [?]aid at the Trades Hall to-day under the presidency of Mr. Peter Bowling, an appeal ...
Article : 134 wordsWhilst playing in a football match between the Globe and Balmain clubs at the Epping ground, on Saturday, Leslie Eyl[?] a member of the former team, had his left arm ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 6 Apr 1908, Page 8
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