Matters pertaining to the maritime dispute, so far as the Occanic Company was concerned, did not present any very important feature. The s.s. Zealandia proceeded with the work of discharging cargo at the wharf at Circular Quay. ...
Article : 1,555 wordsAlthough the matter of the strike was virtually decided on Wednesday, when the miners' delegates met the members of the Conciliation Committee, still a great many people hoped against hope, and clung tenaciously to the ...
Article : 5,760 wordsThose specially interested in the coal trade realise the seriousness of the situation, and negotiations have been opened up for a supply of fuel. To-day the price of wood at Port Adelaide was raised 5s. a ton. Coal ...
Article : 295 words"If the strike continues for any length of time Newcastle is doomed as a commercial centre." So stud one of the best-known men on 'Change when told that the miners had definitely decided to strike. That is a sweeping assertion ...
Article : 1,215 wordsSir,—May I be permitted to add one suggestion to the many valuable ones contributed to the solution of the difficulty. Let the men test the true spirit of their leaders by determining to withdraw the salaries of those men. Then ...
Article : 97 wordsSir,—Now that it is almost a certainty that the coalminers at Newcastle will cease work this week, I think the 893 miners who voted against the strike, and who will be compelled to remain idle, should be considered. In all ...
Article : 220 wordsSir,—I desire to endorse the statement made by Mr. Binney in your issue of to-day. I feel that the report of the meeting between the committee and the masters could not have been given by, any person present at that meeting. ...
Article : 285 wordsThe following is a copy of a circular which has been sent to the clergy of the Church of England in the diocese of Sydney:— "Diocesan Registry, August 24, 1888. ...
Article : 236 wordsOwing to the long continuance of the drought the destruction of rabbits has entirely ceased in this district The dry weather got rid of them far better than any artificial means for exterminating them could do, and now it is ...
Article : 279 wordsThe news that the miners had resolved on a strike was received with extreme regret. Immediately,on receipt of the intelligence the Gas Company decided to reduce the pressure on and after Mondny, stopping the sale of coke ...
Article : 733 wordsSir,—Will you kindly allow me space in your valuable paper to make the above suggestion? On every hand we hear loud complaints of the want of rain throughout the country, and the people who live in Sydney seem to care ...
Article : 186 wordsSir,—Several months since Mr. Puling made a most noble gift to the colonists of New South Wales, and up to the present time, so far as the general public are aware, but little has been done by the committee of manugement to ...
Article : 337 wordsThe weather yesterday was such as has been experienced in town for some considerable time. During the greater part of the day the barometer indicated a warm and steady night, when all of a sudden a change became apparent. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 25 Aug 1888, Page 11
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