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  2. TRADES MOVEMENTS.

    A meeting of the Master Bakers' and Pastrycooks' Association was held on Saturday evening, when a number of union employers (about 20) expressed their unanimous disapproval as the action of the operativies ...

    Article : 68 words
  3. AMUSEMENTS.

    It is strictly in accordance with the tradition of He Majesty's that Mr. George Rignold'a revival of "Macbeth" should have been staged on Saturday night with the same completeness of appointment and ...

    Article : 2,661 words
  4. MEETINGS IN THE DOMAIN.

    There were three platforms in the Domain, from which the representatives of labour addressed some thousands of people who had aasembled. At No. 1 platform Mr. J. Finch presided, and in addition to the ...

    Article : 4,513 words
  5. THE STRIKE IN ADELAIDE.

    The unionists of Port Adelaide interested in discharging coal from the steamers Celebes and Enterprise have been requested by the Railway Commissioners to bring the coal on to the wharf for the use of ...

    Article : 300 words
  6. LECTURE ON AMBULANCE WORK.

    Dr. Lloyd Davenport Parry, of this town, is giving a course of lectures on ambulance work, in the Mining Institute. These were commenced on Monday last and continued on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, [?] ...

    Article : 134 words
  7. STRIKE IN THE COUNTRY.

    WALCHA.—The effects of the stike are beginning to be felt here owing to the increase in the price of sugar, flour, &c. Goods sent by rail are also delayed, the supposed cause being the incrase of traffic, ...

    Article : 160 words
  8. HUME FARMERS' UNION.

    The annual meeting of the Hume farmers' Union took place on Saturday evening at Burrumbuttock, Mr. David Reid, J.P., president, was in the chair. The PRESIDENT, in the course of his annual address, ...

    Article : 413 words
  9. INJURY TO TRADE IN ADELAIDE.

    It is understood that an offer has been made to the owners of one of the steamers blocked at Port Adelaide by a number of men, perfectly capable of handling her, to take her wherever she may be required. The owners ...

    Article : 419 words
  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,— The ruinous character of the strike, which is the all-absorbing topic of the day, is most seriously affecting our various commercial relations. Labour and capital are now in mortal combat, not only in the ...

    Article : 1,107 words
  11. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—As I told the trades-unionists at their meeting in the Domain yesterday, the strike has gone quite far enough. No true friend of either employers or employed could wish it to last a day longer. It therefore ...

    Article : 537 words
  12. "THE GONDOLIERS."

    The above comic opera, the latest work by W. S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, will be brought out, for the first time in Australia at the Princess Theatre, Molbourne, next month. It will be ...

    Article : 119 words
  13. THE ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS.

    The second of the new series of concerts by Signer Hazon's Orchestra took place on Saturday afternoon in the Centennial Hall. The attendance was not so encouraging us on the occasion of the previous concert, ...

    Article : 573 words
  14. IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The effect of the strike in the eastern colonies is now being felt here. Provisions are growing dearer. More serious still is the possibility that the coal supply for the production of gas in the city will fail unless coal ...

    Article : 126 words
  15. FARMERS' UNION AT HOWLOND.

    An enthusiastic meeting of farmers was held at the School of Arts to-day, and a Farmers' union was formed. Mr. Bromfield was elected president, Mr. Boyle vice-president, Mr. Lambert treasurer, and Mr. ...

    Article : 170 words
  16. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—May I, through your columns make a suggestion to the Directors of the bus Company, viz.: That they cut off the gas from all private houses in the city and suburbs during the strike. ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The merchants of Dunedin have with practical unanimity signed a document requiring their storemen, a well-paid and contented class, to give up their union, as at present constituted, or leave the merchants' employ. ...

    Article : 628 words
  18. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—I would like to ask, through the medium of your columns, Mr. Inspector-General of Police if he is aware that Erskine-street is the main outlet for the passengers from the Hunter's Hill, Balmain, ...

    Article : 205 words
  19. STOCK SALE AT WAGGA.

    The annual sales of pure stock in connection with the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association, commenced here yesterday. The weather was showery in the forenoon. There was a fair attendance of buyers, ...

    Article : 746 words
  20. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—With a view to opon the way to an early settlement of the labour strike, I respectfully suggest to the Employers' Union that they address the Trade and Labour Council offering to defray the expense of ...

    Article : 232 words
  21. CONFERENCE OF TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCILS.

    The trades union delegates have deemed that the trades and labour councils of all the colonies shall be called together to consider the situation. It was also resolved to hold union meetings throughout the colony, to be ...

    Article : 877 words
  22. "BLOW FOR BLOW."

    One of the largest audiences ever seen in Parramatta assembled in the Victoria Theatre on Friday evening to witness Byron's drama, "Blow for Blow " performed by amateurs, in aid of All Saints' Parsonage Fund. ...

    Article : 198 words
  23. THE BAKERS' STRIKE.

    Sir,—The Operative Union Bakers are now making a determined effort to coerce the employers of non-union labour to employ union labour by boycotting and advertising lists of union and non-union employers, as ...

    Article : 208 words
  24. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Although a render of your valuable Journal for many years, I have never ventured yet to ask you to publish a letter of mine. Now, however, seeing the tremendous interests involved. I beg respectfully to ...

    Article : 446 words
  25. BONDI AQUARIUM.

    Bondi Aquarium was well patronised by the public on Saturday, and the management seam to have no reason to complain on the score of small atttendance. Beside the ordinary attractions, the electric orchestra, ...

    Article : 427 words
  26. LATE MINING.

    After the rapid fall on Friday evening this morning's market opened much firmer, and prices for stock increased all round. There was not so much excitement on 'change as yesterday, and a good deal of ...

    Article : 50 words
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  28. A STRIKE OF ROUSEABOUTS.

    Some l8 rousesbouts at Midgeon Station struck work last Tuesday, after working three days, and demanded 25s per week and better rations instead of £1 hitherto paid. Six of the ringleadors were summoned to-day, ...

    Article : 638 words
  29. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) CLOSING DOWN OF THE BARRIER MINES.

    Early on Saturday morning the management of the Proprietary mine began to close down the works. Four furnaces were shut down that day, four to-day, and the remaining five were not nearly blown out. The ...

    Article : 1,729 words
  30. CASUALTIES.

    Yesterday morning the dead body of an old [?] named Anne O'Rourke was found on the [?] her residence. Little Riley-street, Surry Hills. [?] children who were playing in the neighbourhood [?] ...

    Article : 70 words
  31. ACCIDENT TO A NON-UNIONIST.

    Last night one of the non-unionists employed [?] s.s. Egmont, named Henry Hillier, met with [?] accident while acting as winchman on board the steamer which was at the time coating the [?] ...

    Article : 93 words
  32. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—In your issue of to-day, among the items about the strike, appears a paragraph headed "Master Printers' Deputation to the Gas Company," the concluding sentences of which are as follows:—"Mr. ...

    Article : 190 words
  33. THE LABOURERS' PROTECTION BILL.

    Sir,—Mr. Salomons' speech in the Legislative Council shows conclusively that the laws in existence would be sufficient to punish the offenders against the liberty of a man whon claims to work for whom [?] ...

    Article : 109 words
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  35. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—I see that a conference is to be held between the Steamship Owners' Association and their marine engineers, to consider the new demands made by the latter for increased pay and overtime, with other ...

    Article : 440 words
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