Information has been received by the Taxpayers Association that the interruption in lighting services will not affect the Town Hall, so that the public indignation ...
Article : 87 wordsWAGGA.--The Prime Minister announced on Monday night that he had reserved a cable message advising that Lord Forster had been appointed ...
Article : 274 wordsThe Lieutenant-Governor (Sir William Irvine) received the following message by wireless from the Prince of Wales last night:-- ...
Article : 211 wordsThere is just the hope that to-day the Trades Hall disputes committee will establish sufficient control over the gas workers and engine drivers to enable the men, ...
Article : 573 wordsA meeting of the engine drivers and firemen who are out on strike was held at the Old Trades Hall yesterday morning, but no fresh development was reported. A ...
Article : 120 wordsSir,--I look upon the recent grab as the most barefaced example of political jobbery Australia has ever seen. A constitution that allows a law maker to be a law unto ...
Article : 98 words"It's an ill wind that Mows nobody good," and among those who have benefited enormously as a result of the strike are the dealers and retailers of kerosene ...
Article : 152 wordsSir,--As some of the memers of Parliament who voted for the increase in salary declared that they could not carry on on £12 a week, at would be interesting to ...
Article : 60 wordsAfter a spirited discussion lasting over an hour and a half, commissioners of the Metropolitan Board of Works, at a special meeting held yesterday, decided by 15 ...
Article : 253 wordsBALLARAT.--Mr. E. T. J. Kerby, who, as the Nationalist candidate, is seeking re-election to the Ballarat seat, opened his campaign in the Alfred Hall on Monday ...
Article : 772 wordsA statement issued by Mr. Strangward, secretary of the Tramway Board, clears the position somewhat in regard to the cable tram service. Mr. Strangward said ...
Article : 419 wordsSir,--Some of the members of Parliament plead that their salaries should be commensurate with the work they do. Let us examine this. First, there is £1000 per ...
Article : 191 wordsSYDNEY.--The position in regard to the Victorian strike was discussed on Monday at the Trades Hall. As Melbourne largely depends upon New South Wales for coal, ...
Article : 255 wordsInter-State delegates from the various price-fixing organisations set up by State Governments will meet in conference tomorrow in Melbourne, at the State Crown ...
Article : 130 wordsH.M.S. Renown arrived in Jervis Bay at 1.30 p.m. to-day. Punctually to her scheduled time, after a fair weather run from Melbourne, she entered Jervis Bay, ...
Article : 200 wordsSir,--To me it appears that the recent money grab by Federal members was due solely to a deplorable lack of public spirit on their parts. This lack of public spirit ...
Article : 162 wordsFrom early yesterday morning a crowd of men and boys--many of the latter showing exuberant enthusiasm--assembled in the street outside the National Service Bureau ...
Article : 269 wordsThe position was discussed at a meeting of the Victorian Meat Exporters' Association yesterday morning. The organisation embraces several leading butchering firms ...
Article : 110 wordsOn Saturday Mr. Miseamble, third Railway Commisisoner, visited all the suburban firewood centres to see how supplies had been coming to hand. He stated yesterday ...
Article : 202 wordsOwing to the fact that the engine drivers and firemen employed at the ship-building yards at Williamstown did not resume work yesterday, a large proportion of the 5[?]0 ...
Article : 121 wordsSir,--Senator-elect J. F. Guthrie, in your issue of to-day, says that he doubts "if many of the public have taken the trouble to examine both hides of the question, or ...
Article : 132 wordsSYDNEY.--The news of the arrival of the Prince of Wales at Jervis Bay on Monday has set all Sydney agog with excitement. The arrangements for welcoming him on ...
Article : 155 wordsAmongst correspondence before Footscray council last night was a letter from the Chamber of Manufactures asking the council not to compromise with its ...
Article : 151 wordsIn view of the fact that coal in the electric light and gas works has ben declared "black" a meeting of the Carters and Drivers' Union will be held at the Trades ...
Article : 54 wordsSir.--It is refreshing to note the way in which your journal has championed the cause of the people against the infamous raid made on the Treasury by the political ...
Article : 145 wordsOwing to the stoppage of the cable trams yesterday after 6 p.m. the Railway department kept a number of trains in reserve to deal with any ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 90 wordsAt the meeting of the Gas Workers' Union in the afternoon it was reported that officials of the organisation had been informed that returned soldier trainees at ...
Article : 248 wordsSir,—Will the Railway Commissioners let the public know (1) how many Victorian trucks are in South Australia at the present time, (2) how often South Australia ...
Article : 252 wordsMelbourne City Council at yesterday's meeting received a letter from the Chamber of Manufactures inviting representation at last night's meeting. The electric supply ...
Article : 567 wordsThe sun shone out as the Renown steamed to her anchorage, and the Prince left the cruiser in the Royal pinnace. At ...
Article : 579 wordsSir,--Is Mr. Hughes's brand of democracy safe for the Commonwealth of Australia? Decidedly no. The present Parliament has treated the people with lofty ...
Article : 115 wordsAs invariably occurs in connection with all big strikes, the effects of the present upheaval have been quickly manifested in other industries. The Trades Hall disputes ...
Article : 697 wordsLast night wan an intensely dark night, there being no moon, and there was not a glimmer of light in the suburban streets. For that matter, there was not a glimmer ...
Article : 236 wordsSir,--Many of our members of Parliament who took part in the great grab run other jobs. They are in business as lawyers, doctors, shopkeepers, publicans, paid ...
Article : 171 wordsNHILL.--At a meeting of the local A. and P. Society on Saturday members expressed the opinion that Mr. A. S. Rodgers, M.P., should come up to Nhill and give his ...
Article : 56 wordsA Special Cabinet meeting was held yesterday afternoon to consider what course the Government should pursue in relation to the strike, but no definite policy was ...
Article : 190 wordsAt yesterday's meeting of the City Council the Lord Mayor presented a memorandum relative to the engine drivers' and firemen's strike. After giving a history of ...
Article : 227 wordsSYDNEY.--Senator Russell, chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, intends to confer with Mr. Dunn, 'Minister of Agri-culture, on Tuesday concerning the wheat ...
Article : 75 wordsLabor councillors of Richmond last evening found themselves in an awkward predicament when a recommendation of the public works committee that the council ...
Article : 263 wordsSir,--When the Prime Minister thinks that his salary is not sufficient, let him ask himself if he is paid for the work he has rendered to Australia as the man who ...
Article : 109 wordsSYDNEY.--The inquiry by the Public Service Board into the administration of the soldiers' settlement branch of the Lands department under the director (Mr. ...
Article : 122 wordsEvery effort will be made to keep the telegraph and telephone services going. Yesterday the Malvern exchange was out of action for about an hour and a half, but ...
Article : 428 wordsThe gas companies were delighted yesterday with the result of the appeal for voluntary labor, and confident opinions were expressed that from to-day there would be ...
Article : 314 wordsBALLARAT.--Mr. W. B. Grose, mayor of Creswick, has decided to contest the Ballarat by-election as a Nationalist strongly opposed to the salary grab. Mr. ...
Article : 28 wordsA meeting of employers affected by the strike was held in the Chamber of Manufactures last night. The meeting was not altogether unanimous. It was pointed out ...
Article : 413 wordsSir,--In your issue this morning a letter appeared over the signature of T. E. Hope, in which he says:--"That the Australian Women's National League has ...
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Advertising : 265 wordsADELAIDE.--The tug Euro, which left Port Adelaide at midnight on Friday to search for the disabled steamer Kingsmere, returned to port on Monday morning ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Lord Mayor at yesterday's meeting of the City Council brought forward the following motion:-- That a special committee be appointed as a ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Tue 15 Jun 1920, Page 5
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