Strikes and rumors of strikes are still prevalent. A number of the recent troubles have been settled, but others continue to crop up. At Broken Hill the miners have not ...
Article : 288 wordsThe authorities at Malaga, a seaport on the Mediterranean coast, 62 miles cast of Gibraltar, have made a sensational discovery, due more to an accident than anything else. ...
Article : 117 wordsFrom what late cables tell us, Italy has embraced to, some purpose the ill-fated policy of the Allies which Lloyd George designated "Too late." Just as Britain was too slow in ...
Article : 3,384 wordsThe Letterpress Machinists' Union recently obtained a new award, but the members are not satisfied with certain of the rates and conditions. At the Trades Hall last night a mass ...
Article : 79 wordsThere are now on the books of the Amelioration Committee, whose object is the relief of distressed soldiers returned from the front, 1300 names of men in receipt of assistance. The ...
Article : 78 wordsOur Wollongong correspondent wired yesterday that, though the miners' ballot was in favor of a return to work to-morrow, leaving the question as to eight hours from bank to bank ...
Article : 177 wordsThe 19th Battalion Comforts Fund held its first half-yearly meeting on Thursday at Bent-street. The report showed that an enormous amount of work had been accomplished, as ...
Article : 150 wordsThe trouble at Garden Island between dockers and painters was found to have arisen through a conflict of opinion as to the conditions at Cockatoo Island, which were put ...
Article : 85 wordsAs a result of the conference presided over by Mr. Hughes yesterday, the strike of wheat lumpers at Williamstown (Vic.) was settled. The agreement arrived at provides for ...
Article : 140 wordsAt a meeting to-day the War Contingent Association congratulated Sir Thomas Mackenzie, New Zealand's High Commissioner, on his elevation to the K.C.M.G. ...
Article : 97 wordsThere is small likelihood of the £150,000 mark being attained by the efforts of the Allies' Day Committee and the zealous collectors in behalf of the distressed peoples of the stricken ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Professional Musicians' Union have a dispute with Union Theatres, Ltd., at the Olympia Theatre, Darlinghurst, owing to the orchestra of eight players being discharged during ...
Article : 195 wordsThe attention of poultry farmers and others interested in the industry is again drawn to the fact that the Department of Agriculture is allotting four prizes, totalling £10/10/, for ...
Article : 71 wordsAs a result of the miners' strike, a number of the coke-workers are out on the South Coast, there being not enough small coke to keep the kilns going. The men are feeling the pinch ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 wordsMr. Holman, who is not yet restored to perfect health, and is endeavoring to get into form for the opening of the session in February, will leave for a trip to Tasmania on Sunday next, ...
Article : 73 wordsThe position is unchanged at Broken Hill. Enginedrivers and firemen, engineers and carpenters, all refused to strike, and the trouble now rests entirely in the hands of the A.M.A. ...
Article : 91 wordsA stop-work meeting will be held in Sydney on Wednesday by the saddlers and leather workers. It is claimed by the unionists that the trade is one of the lowest-paid in the ...
Article : 80 wordsThe wheat market is quiet. Australians are offering more freely. Sixty-five shillings was asked for cargoes in sailing ships from New South Wales early in January, and 64/ for ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. Gilbert, of the War Council's department concerning itself with the obtaining of employment for the returned soldiers, will be glad to hear from employers who have light work to ...
Article : 113 wordsMilk suppliers of the South Coast are in line with the disaffected workers of the country. They are out for more profit, and it is announced that if they do not get what they are ...
Article : 138 wordsPrahran was quiet yesterday. After the disorderly scenes witnessed in Chapel and Greville streets on Friday night precautions were taken to prevent a recurrence of the ...
Article : 155 wordsThe refreshment rooms in connection with the Employment Bureau of the War Council, and the office of the Amelioration Committee, in the old buildings of the Department of ...
Article : 160 wordsA meeting of shiftmen and wheelers, which was largely attended, was held at Bulli yesterday for the purpose of deciding what action would be taken in view of the decision of the ...
Article : 396 wordsA dispute between the Sheet Metal Workers' Society and the Electrical Trades Union has been settled. It concerned the making of brass clips for electrical wires on ships. Mr. M. ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Trolly, Draymen, and Carters' Union has been very busy lately in making arrangements for new agreements and for putting cases before wages boards. ...
Article : 293 wordsIn the "Realty Review" for January, issued by Arthur Rickard and Co., Ltd. the editor points out that Mr. Mares, the head officer of the Meteorological Department, has stated that ...
Article : 91 wordsOn Friday night the Brickmakers and Clay workers' Association held a special meeting concerning the strike at the State Brickworks. It was decided that the men should resume ...
Article : 47 wordsA little before 7 o'clock last night, Constable Jones, from information received, found a fireman, whose name is supposed to be Michael McNally, lying in the gutter near the urinal of ...
Article : 161 wordsAs January 31 will be a public holiday in Victoria, the Commonwealth Treasurer has arranged with the Governor of the Common-wealth Bank that applications will be received ...
Article : 67 wordsThe latest development in connection with the munition trouble at Newcastle is that a sub-committee from the Labor Council of New South Wales will try to help the adjustment ...
Article : 189 wordsUsually the harvest in the Riverina country is finished before the end of December; even when the crop is heavy, the bulk of the grain is bagged by then. This season farmers ...
Article : 87 wordsAs far as is possible, all the work in connection with the new building of the head office of the Commonwealth Bank will be Australian. Mr. Denison Miller hopes that all the ...
Article : 113 wordsThere has been no change in the situation concerning the dispute between coopers and their employers on the question of payment for holidays. The men who are employed in ...
Article : 43 wordsWhen the news was received in the Auburn district that Sergt.-Major Beasley, of that town, had been killed in action at Gallipoli a strong committee was formed to undertake the work ...
Article : 169 wordsA youngster named Henry Rayard, aged 5, living at 41 Edward-street. North Sydney, was sliding down a post at North Sydney last night at about 7 p.m., when a protruding nail caught ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Prime Minister stated yesterday that the decision of the Commonwealth Government to prevent persons of enemy nationality, whether naturalised or not, from holding shares in ...
Article : 93 wordsW. P. O'Neil, of the Carlton Harriers, one of Victoria's brilliant long-distance runners, has enlisted for active service. He is the present two mile steeplechase, three mile track, ...
Article : 232 wordsA number of wharf-laborers employed in connection with the Vacuum Oil Company's business at Pulpit Point, left work about ten days ago, and demanded an increase of 3d on their ...
Article : 165 wordsWilliam Andre, about 24 years of age, who is a German naval reservist, has twice escaped from custody. He is credited with being a genius, and rather a shrewd man. He was ...
Article : 151 wordsThe objective of the promoters of the Police and Firemen's Carnival, fixed for February 26, is £7000 for the hospitals. The result of last year's carnival was £2072, handed over to the ...
Article : 166 wordsJohn Abbott, about 40, who lived at 44 Taylor-street, Surry Hills, fell 35ft over a cliff near Bilyard-avenue, Elizabeth Bay, yesterday at about 8 a.m., and so injured his head that ...
Article : 75 wordsIf the intentions of the milk suppliers of the South Coast, as expressed at a meeting held yesterday, are to be adhered to, no milk will be sent from that district by the trains ...
Article : 165 wordsThe present award of the sugar workers is nearly two years old. The men point out that the cost of living has increased very greatly in that time, and they express much ...
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Advertising : 68 wordsA carter named Maurice Brown, 37, living at 45 Cornwallis-street, Redfern, fell from a can while working at McMahon's stable, Redfern, yesterday at 1 p.m. In the fall his head ...
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Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), Sun 16 Jan 1916, Page 2
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