A basis of settlement of the seamen's strike was arrived at to-day by the conference of representatives of the ship owners and of the Seamen's Union. The feature of the settlement is the abandonment by the seamen of "job control." In accordance with the demand made by the owners, the roster ...
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Article : 682 wordsThe Prime Minister of England (Mr. Baldwin) has announced that the Government will assist the coal mining industry pending the holding of a new inquiry. As ...
Article : 78 wordsAt 8.30 last evening the back pair of bagic wheels of a class C17. 90-ton engine, left the rails just as the engine, coupled to a goods train, was drawing into the ...
Article : 395 wordsA representative meeting of business and public men last night constituted themselves an association, the object of which is to press for the construction of ...
Article : 313 wordsGreater enthusiasm was displayed by railway employees at the mass meeting held at the workshops to-day to give further consideration to the matter of the ...
Article : 640 wordsLate last night the announcement was circalated that the owners' notices had already been suspended. Although this was premature, it was not without ...
Article : 404 wordsThe "Daily Herald" declares that the reason for Mr. Baldwin's failure to induce the coal owners to suspend lockout notices and withdraw the lower wages ...
Article : 197 wordsThe result of the deliberations of the sub-committee of the conference of representatives of the Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association, the ...
Article : 985 wordsLess than five minutes after leaving the deck of the Pennsylvania at 10.15 o'clock this morning a seaplane attached to that warship crashed owing lo engine trouble,, ...
Article : 103 wordsThe Governor-General (Lord Forster) has assented to the Commonwealth Immigration Act. The Government may now proclaim, at any time, a slate of ...
Article : 54 wordsDuring shunting operations to-day to the jetty branch line some trucks near the engine became uncoupled, and after running for some distance, collided with ...
Article : 87 wordsGun shots and the discharge of explosives on Tuesday night in the vicinity. of the colliery at Ammanford, where the strike of 20,000 Welsh anthracite miners ...
Article : 148 wordsNo finality was reached yesterday in connection with the claim of the Brisbane, branch of the Seamen's Union upon Tug and river craft owners for a 44 hour week ...
Article : 86 wordsA flashlight photograph of the engine that left the rails at Bruffswick-street station last night. Considerable inconvenience to traffic (both ways) was caused. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 26 wordsMr. W. Scale (chairman of the transport, group), referring to the news of the settlement to-night, said he considered that the result was largely due to the ...
Article : 158 wordsIt was the declared opinion of a speaker at the smoke concert of the Australasian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers last night, that the engineer ...
Article : 605 wordsMr. Baldwin spent last evening in conference with the miners and owners separetely, and a joint meeting did not occur. It is understood that the owners ...
Article : 419 wordsToday's proceedings of the British Dominions Labour Conference were opened by Mr. Purcell, M.P., who declared that the majority of trade unionists were ...
Article : 142 wordsThe work of loading 2400 tons of coal into H.M.A.S. Biloela was not resumed this morning, on account of members of the A.R.U. refusing to take further ...
Article : 232 wordsThe secretary of the Combined Disputes Committee (Mr. Jonas) notified the Meat Industry Employees' Union to-day that cattle had been landed from, the ...
Article : 108 wordsThe mining dispute has induced an influential section of the Press to increase their attacks on the decision to restore the gold standard as an important ...
Article : 193 wordsSignor Nitti, formerly Prime Minister of Italy, who intends remaining abroad until tho Fascist regime is ended, has airrved in London. In discussing Italian ...
Article : 405 wordsGiving evidence at the inquiry into the Traveston railway disaster yesterday, the Chief Mechanical Engineer at Ipswich said he could not see now a cotter pin ...
Article : 612 wordsThe coastal ship Kinchella is still idle in the harbour, waiting to be unloaded. She has been declared "black'' by the Sydney Seamen's Union because two of ...
Article : 40 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day the Secretary of State for War (Sir Laming Worthington-Evans) in reply to questions said the intention of the Government in ...
Article : 114 wordsIt is reported from Amoy that a disquieting situation has arisen there. A Chinese merchant, named Lim, of proBritish sympathies, was shot and killed ...
Article : 71 wordsAbout three months ago Stuart Street (12) a son of Coustable Street, of Daceyville, was severely burnt about the arms and chest by an explosion. For weeks his ...
Article : 163 wordsThe evolution suit brought by Lauren H. Wittuer has been withdrawn by his attorneys. (A recent cable message stated that ...
Article : 84 wordsDr. Earle Page (Federal Treasurer) was interviewed at Wingliam in regard to compulsory insurance, and its effect on existing friendly societies. He ...
Article : 186 wordsBury as the officers and men of the visiting American Flect have been, in accepting hospitality and dispensing it, a few, have found time for other activities ...
Article : 193 wordsThe Government Statististic's report snows that the marriage rate in New South Wales last year was 5 per cent, below that for the previous year. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe South African loan of £4,000,000, bearing interest at 5 per cent. issued at £994, and redeemable in 1975, has been fully subscribed. Dealings in the ...
Article : 39 wordsThe glut of coal is causing a crisis in German industry, and the 10.000,000 tons lying in the Rnhr must be sold at any price to say the industry from ruin. The ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Empire Exbition Board, Lord stephenson presiding, tendered a farewell luncheon to Mr. Lee Neil (Australia), who said as a business man, he regarded ...
Article : 58 wordsKing Feisal will go to London next week on medical advice to consult West End specialists. Nothing is seriously wrong, but his constitution shows signs ...
Article : 61 wordsThree of the ten men who were charged at the Leeds assizes with the murder of William Plummer at Sheffield, have been acquitted by direction of the judge, as ...
Article : 59 wordsA cattle train engine was detailed at the points entering Macrossan. No damage was done, but the cattle had to bo unloaded, and traffic, was delayed. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe wool market is in a state of complete stagnation. No business is doing, nor is there a basis for quotations. ...
Article : 36 wordsIn the case of the Broken Hill Proprietary v. the Broken Hill Municipal Council, the Judicial Commuttee of the privy Council has reserved judggement. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe new members of the Royal College of Surgeons include Dr. H. M. Birch of Adelaide, and Dr. R. S. J. Honner, of Sydney. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 1 Aug 1925, Page 7
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