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  2. "AN OPEN MIND."

    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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  3. NEED FOR RADIUM

    At a meeting of the Brisbane and South Coast Hospitals Board last night it was decided, on the motion of the chairman (Mr. Geo. Rees), ...

    Article : 802 words
  4. CAIRNS DISPUTE.

    An award in the Cairns waterside dispute was made to-night at 8.30 o'clock, by Mr. W. J. Dunstan, in open court, before representatives of the shipping ...

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  5. WORKERS MALTREATED. BRUTAL ACTS OF "PEACEFUL PICKETS."

    A reign of terror obviously exists in the region of South Johnstone, "peaceful picketing" taking the form of intimidation and violence by strikers. The latest victims are three Maltese, who were chased out of town after being brutally ...

    Article : 366 words
  6. TO STRIKE. PLUMBERS' DECISION.

    A general meeting of the Plumbers' Union last night decided by ballot that members in the employ of the Metropolitan Water supply and ...

    Article : 255 words
  7. STRIKE BEGINS.

    The award of Judge Beeby providing for piecework and the daily hiring system became operative in the metal trades industry to-day. Although the Sydney ...

    Article : 366 words
  8. HOOKWORM.

    The keynote of the hookworm position now it the improvement of sanitation, according to the Director-General of the Commonwealth Department of Health ...

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  9. HOTELS STILL CLOSED.

    At a special sitting of the Licensing Court to-day, on the application of Sub[?] inspector Murtha, licensing inspector, the Magistrate granted an extension of the ...

    Article : 356 words
  10. NEWSTEAD PLUMBERS.

    Twenty-five members of the Plumbers' and Gasfitters' Union, employed at Newstead by the Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, held a meeting last ...

    Article : 329 words
  11. TEST CASE. OVERTIME REFUSED.

    The question whether refusal to work overtime involves a penalty under the Federal Arbitration law will be raised before the Chief Industrial Magistrate in a ...

    Article : 80 words
  12. MORE WORKERS MANHANDLED.

    An exciting incident occurred at South Johnstone this afternoon, when, four men, who were believed to be on their way to seek employment in the canefields, were ...

    Article : 87 words
  13. RED TERROR. 500 EXECUTIONS.

    "Between 2000 and 3000 persons were arrested and 500 were executed during the recent regime of terror in Russia, following the raid on Ar[?]os ...

    Article : 75 words
  14. WHARF THIEVES.

    "Stealing had reached the acme of perfection with some dishonest wharf labourers," Mr. Archdall, C.P.M., declared in the Summons Court yesterday, when ...

    Article : 488 words
  15. TO BE EXECUTED.

    At the conclusion to-day of the trial of John Robinson (aged 36 years, a clerk), charged with the murder of Mrs. Minnie Bonati, whose ...

    Article : 287 words
  16. PARTIAL STOPPAGE IN VICTORIA.

    The 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 ...

    Article : 89 words
  17. VITAL PRINCIPLE.

    "Mr. Roche gives us credit for being able to control the affairs of the Plumbers Union sufficiently to organise a strike. Surely this is a now type of statement ...

    Article : 438 words
  18. CONDEMNED WOMAN SHOT.

    Madame Klepikoff was serving her sentence of imprisonment when she was informed that the death sentence had been passed on her. She was immediately ...

    Article : 100 words
  19. GAS WORKERS. "STOP WORK" MEETING.

    The Gas Companies' Association of Australia, of which the gas companies of the several States are members, applied to Chief Judge Dethridge in ...

    Article : 257 words
  20. NOT GUILTY.

    The 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 words
  21. CARRIED OUT. SENTENCE OF DRUJELOWSKI.

    Sergei 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 words
  22. OCEANIC FLYING.

    If 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 words
  23. NO PIECE WORK.

    The 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 words
  24. BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE AMUSED.

    Inquiries by the Australian Press Association at the Foreign Office, with reference to the suggestions that the Drujelowski trial was a mere fake, to ...

    Article : 67 words
  25. THE UNION'S STAND.

    "Mr. Roche has evaded our main question, and we still maintain that a sanitary plumber is the more competent person to hold the position," said a statement issued ...

    Article : 364 words
  26. TO CARRY ON.

    Farman Brothers are determined to attempt the flight to New York with the Goliath aeroplane, despite the loss of Drouin, who has contracted to fly to ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. GIRL TERRIBLY BURNT.

    Maude Brinkley (14) was so badly burnt about the body, as the result of her clothes igniting when she was lighting a fire at her home at Lindum ...

    Article : 131 words
  28. NO FURTHER PLAGUE INFECTIONS.

    Reports to-night state that 111 rats were examined from the place where the cats died, and from adjacent stores. All were free of plague. It is intended to ...

    Article : 48 words
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