Shipping companies are heavy losers. To them the strike means a shrinkage of many thousands of pounds a day. Their only way in which to reduce this loss to a minimum is, ...
Article : 699 wordsThe terrible tragedy at the Hotel Metropole was one of the principal topics of conversation in the city on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. King reached the hotel on Friday ...
Article : 328 wordsA daring robbery took place this morning, the sufferers being the jewellery firm of D. Mackay and Co., opposite the G.P.O. At 5.30 this morning it was noticed that the ...
Article : 176 wordsThe Federal Treasurer looks with some satisfaction upon the progress made with the tariff in the House of Representatives last week. All the items in Division VI., "Metals and ...
Article : 757 wordsIf the strike should continue there is every likelihood that some of the flour mills will have to shut down. The owners are not prepared to pay the ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Works Department is a considerable consumer of coal, and a good deal of inconvenience is likely to result if the strike continues. The dredge service is practically ...
Article : 112 wordsMessrs. J. Paterson and E. Kearsley, representatives of the Northern Miners' Federation, addressed a gathering of the miners employed at the Balmain colliery yesterday ...
Article : 144 wordsConsiderable alarm has been created at Moonta through the Newcastle strike. The following notice has been posted at the mines:—"It is a matter for regret, that in ...
Article : 96 wordsThe effects of the strike are expected by some to go so far as to practically cripple the interstate steamer traffic. At all events, the possibility of this, has brought into the ...
Article : 117 wordsMr. P. H. Sutor, the South Australian dairy expert, and officer in charge in South Australia of the classification of butter under the Federal Commerce Act, will represent this ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Union Steamship Company has informed the Postmaster-General that it will be impossible to get coal for the steamer Moana at Brisbane, and she will therefore have to go ...
Article : 51 wordsThis morning the North Bulli miners listened to addresses delivered by Messrs. Paterson and Kearsley. Mr. T. Kelly, president of the local lodge, presided. The delegates ...
Article : 131 wordsThe executive officers of the Illawarra miners have not yet received any intimation of a visit from Mr. Bowling, the Northern president. It has been announced that he was ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Opposition stonewall on the Electoral Bill in the Assembly came to an end at 12 o'clock on Friday night, after a run of 31 hours. A compromise was arrived at between ...
Article : 59 wordsThe chances of a strike of the southern miners in sympathy with those of the north are now more remote. The meetings that have been held since Friday clearly indicate ...
Article : 1,716 wordsCoal importers in Melbourne take a very gloomy view of the outlook in regard to the coal strike, notwithstanding the strenuous efforts which are being made in Sydney to ...
Article : 350 wordsExcept that the Proprietary Company's zinc plant has been closed down, the coal strike has not yet made any difference to Broken Hill mines. The concentrates made on the ...
Article : 58 wordsA girl, aged 16½, named Addie Bowden, living at Glebe Point, has been causing a great deal of anxiety during the last couple of years by going into what appears to be a ...
Article : 253 wordsReplying to a question at a meeting at South Bulli on Saturday morning as to his opinion of the Northern men who were now seeking work on the South Coast mines, Mr. ...
Article : 57 wordsThree burglaries were committed last night in Wyse-street. The houses entered were those of Messrs Arthur Phillips, J. V. Peterson. and G. H. Griffith. In the first two ...
Article : 71 wordsSir William Lyne said yesterday that he earnestly hoped the Premier, Mr. Wade, would be successful in his efforts to bring the two parties together. A strike would be a very ...
Article : 109 wordsTo-day was pay Saturday. Everything was very quiet. A group of miners may be observed quietly discussing the northern situation, and prospects of what action will be ...
Article : 588 wordsWork at all the local collieries for the past fortnight has been very brisk and full time is still being worked, with every prospect of a continuance. The usual orders are being ...
Article : 430 wordsThe District Court, before Mr. Acting Judge Browning, was occupied all yesterday hearing a case in which John Richard White, labourer, claimed £200 from Senior-constable Roger ...
Article : 109 wordsThe coal trouble at Newcastle is causing millers anxiety, and in most cases it is expected that work will have to cease. ...
Article : 28 wordsIt would be hard to beat Isaac Ferguson's criminal record. He is only 17 years of age, but he has already been sentenced at Melbourne and Ballarat to eight and a half years ...
Article : 197 wordsThe Union and Huddart Parker companies notify that all fares and freights to and from Sydney and Tasmanian and New Zealand ports have been increased. ...
Article : 30 wordsWhen Mr. A. O. Jones, captain of the M.C.C. team, was in Adelaide, he discussed with Mr. Darling representative of the Australian Board of Control, several matters of detail in ...
Article : 532 wordsSir,—Clause 28 of the Arbitration Act provides: "Notwithstanding anything in this section, the Registrar may— "(1) Inform the Court of any breach of this ...
Article : 104 wordsIt has been arranged that owing to the strike in the coal trade the steamer Komatu, due next week, bound from Bunbury (W.A.) to Wellington, shall take Sandfly coal, got in ...
Article : 199 wordsSpeaking in regard to the progress made with the tariff in the House of Representatives, Sir William Lyne said on Saturday that he had been going through the machinery ...
Article : 190 wordsA difficult in regard to professional practice among the medical and surgical staff has occurred, and promises to have serious developments, in connection with the local hospital. ...
Article : 306 wordsA remarkable mining case, which has attracted considerable interest, owing to extraordinary circumstances surrounding it, was further ventilated at the local court to-day. ...
Article : 231 wordsInquiries at the office of the Tram Company elicited the information that supplies of 230 tons a month were drawn from the Mount Nicholas Coalmine, and the Railway ...
Article : 193 wordsSo far no further reductions have been made, in the ferry services. But, if there should be no signs of a settlement to-day, some important alterations will have to be made, ...
Article : 147 wordsThirteen bookmakers were sent to prison for two months, and five for one month, for trespassing on Riccarton Racecourse during the recent meeting, the prosecutions being ...
Article : 77 wordsA stranger arriving in Wollongong last night and seeing a large crowd of well-dressed and prosperous people perambulating the streets, would never for a moment imagine ...
Article : 330 wordsThis week 70 ostriches arrived by train, en route to a property recently purchased by Cairnes and Sanderson, 15 miles from here. The birds were formerly located at Gilgandra. ...
Article : 60 wordsThe first wool sale of the season was held at Wellington on Friday. Bidding was not animated, prices being generally in sympathy with the London market—a 1d to 1½d below ...
Article : 63 wordsWhile boating in the vicinity of Lytton on Sunday last, a parly consisting of George Monland, Cyril Monland, and Barltrop picked up a number of shells. One of these they ...
Article : 121 wordsExtraordinary prices were paid on Saturday for coal. Large coal sold at from £3 to £3 10s per ton, and small at from £2 5s to £2 15s per ton. These figures show an ...
Article : 191 wordsOn account of the coal strike in New South Wales the demand for local coal has greatly increased. Mr. Wall, one of the proprietors of the Scottish Collieries at Collie, informed ...
Article : 269 wordsThe Municipal Council has decided to urge the Minister to have the restriction removed from Civil servants debarring them from becoming candidates for municipal honours, ...
Article : 42 wordsRains during the past two days have fallen over most parts of the State. Following upon the general rains of a week ago the showers will be of immense benefit. The falls do not appear to have been as heavy ...
Article : 652 wordsAt the sulphide works, Cockle Creek, 207[?] tons of ore were treated during the week, which yielded 1799oz of gold 61,800oz of silver, and 643 tons of lead. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe body of Mrs. Janet Ann Ivory, 50 years of age, was found floating in Blackwattle Bay, Glebe Point, on Friday evening, and formed the subject of an inquest, which was ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Swinburne) has already entered into communication with representatives of the Federal-Houlder-Shire lines with a view to securing their ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 wordsAt a mass meeting of the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union, held at the Institute, Miller's Point, on Saturday, under the presidency of Mr. W. Masey, a representative ...
Article : 402 wordsA public meeting of the electors of Wickham was held in the Wickham School of Arts on Saturday night to do honour to Mr. John L. Fegan, the late member for the electorate, ...
Article : 263 wordsA fall of ground occurred at the Proprietary mine at the 200ft level, when J. Barstow was injured about the head, arms, and back. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe secretary of the Southern Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. W. A. Firth) writes stating that the following is the letter which was forwarded to the miners' general ...
Article : 214 wordsThe annual prize meeting of the Tasmanian Rifle Association concluded on Friday. Further successes were scored by British riflemen. In the Mackenzie match, 500 yards, ...
Article : 114 wordsMr. G. D. Delprat, general manager of the Broken Hill Proprietary mine, when interviewed regarding the position of his company, said:—"I think we will get along all right. ...
Article : 194 wordsAn old-age pensioner named Bob Mountain was found dead, hanging by the neck on the back verandah of an old building at Teridgerie. ...
Article : 30 wordsMessrs. David Jones Limited, wish us to call attention to their page advertisement on pace 5. They are announcing a sale to-day of household drapery, during which a discount of 2s in the £ will be allowed ...
Article : 96 wordsNEWCASTLE (62 miles).—Arr: Nov. 16, Arhcer, Namoi, Duroby, Sophia Ann, Murray, from Sydney; Oscar [?]., arrived off port and ordered to Sydney; Hustings, from north; Baden Powell, Storruking, from Port ...
Article : 212 wordsThere are now about 50 men employed at the invincible colliery, Gullen Bullen, and the trade shows steady expansion. The hewing rate at Cullen Bullen has been ...
Article : 39 wordsWhen you have any suspicion that your kidneys are getting bad, take "FISHER'S" PHOSPHERINE to cleanse and strengthen them. ...
Article : 113 wordsThe following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Chillagoe, s, for Sydney, with ballast; Cooeyanna, s, for Singapore, with 2258 tons coal. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe first tangible result of the coal strike so far as the shipping trade in South Australia is concerned was the laying up of the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Northern delegates, Messrs. Paterson and Kearsley, when asked their opinion on Mr. Wade's scheme and the proposition he had drawn up, expressed the opinion that, ...
Article : 176 wordsOroya, R.M.S., 6279 tons. Captain Laws, from London, via ports. David Anderson, agent. Dumbea, F.M.S., 4917 tons. Captain Boyer, from Noumea, P. de Bure, agent. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 18 Nov 1907, Page 8
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