Mr. H. W. Gepp, chairman of the Development and Migration Commission, arrived in Brisbane last night. His main mission is to investigate ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 366 wordsA general meeting of the Plumbers' Union last night decided by ballot that members in the employ of the Metropolitan Water supply and ...
Article : 255 wordsThe award of Judge Beeby providing for piecework and the daily hiring system became operative in the metal trades industry to-day. Although the Sydney ...
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Article : 287 wordsThe 44-hour week in the engineering industry, also the piecework provisions of Judge Beeby's award in the metal trades case, became operative to-day. In only ...
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Article : 100 wordsThe Gas Companies' Association of Australia, of which the gas companies of the several States are members, applied to Chief Judge Dethridge in ...
Article : 257 wordsThe case in which Peter Samios, a Greek waiter, pleaded not guilty to a charge that on May 4, 1927, he unlawfully killed Harold Edwin Freeman, was ...
Article : 128 wordsSergei Drujelowski, who was found guilty and sentenced to death on a charge of espionage, was executed to-day. His appeal for mercy was rejected. ...
Article : 91 wordsIf the weather permits, Captain Courtney will leave Calshot aerodrome on Saturday on his attempt to fly across the Atlantic and back. Final trials of his ...
Article : 108 wordsThe introduction of piece work in the engineering trade, as provided by the recent award of Mr. Justice Beeby in Sydney, and the defiance of that ...
Article : 142 wordsInquiries by the Australian Press Association at the Foreign Office, with reference to the suggestions that the Drujelowski trial was a mere fake, to ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 15 Jul 1927, Page 15
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