The centre of the industrial trouble yesterday again was Innisfail where the South Johnstone sugar mill workers, in an open vote, rejected the terms of settlement which were formulated by the Board of Trade and Arbitration, and which were described by the President of the Board (Mr. Justice Webb) as "most generous terms." It is stated that the strikers' terms will be placed before the board. Meanwhile the Disputes Committee in Brisbane ...
Article : 534 wordsThe Longreach Food Committee, as a precautionary measure, has decided to ration petrol and flour immediately. BARCALDINE PROTEST. ...
Article : 206 words"The real issue in Queensland is the right or otherwise to declare a strike in connection with a dispute in an unrelated industry," says the"Financial ...
Article : 93 wordsThat there need be no fear of motor transport being held up owing to a shortage of petrol is the assurance given by the manager of the ...
Article : 67 wordsThe first public indication of the attitude of the Federal Ministry towards the Queensland strike was made by the Prime ...
Article : 759 wordsSo successful has been the use of motor transport for marketing purposes, that several produce merchants at Roma Street have predicted that ...
Article : 226 wordsLocally the strike position is tranquil. Up till yesterday afternoon 220 railway employees had signed the roll at the Trades Hall, repudiating their ...
Article : 229 wordsThe present railway dispute, should it be prolonged, will have a serious effect on the large business concerns in Toowoomba. It was learned ...
Article : 223 wordsSince the stoppage of trains, motor transport has been of inestimable value in the conveyance of butter and milk supplies. ...
Article : 110 wordsIt is asserted that there is increasing disunity among the local railwaymen. When one speaker at a mass meeting yesterday said that the men ...
Article : 178 wordsThe district committee established for the maintenance of essential food supplies, and to arrange for necessary road transport, has begun work in ...
Article : 155 wordsWhen interviewed by a representative of "The Telegraph" concerning his views relative to the railway dispute and the organisation, of a transport ...
Article : 664 wordsAt a special meeting of the railway section of the A.W.U. (Maryborough branch), held in the Trades Hall this morning it was ...
Article : 46 wordsAn intercessional service for industrial peace was held last night in the Presbyterian Church. Another meeting of railwaymen was ...
Article : 153 words"As a responsible member of the Cabinet I approve of the action of the Government. No self-respecting Government, true to the basic principles ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Brisbane Trad [?] and Labour Council at a meeting in the Trades Hall bust night considered a recommendation from the council executive ...
Article : 179 wordsThe Gympie Show Committee yesterday decided that owing to the stoppage in the railway services the show should be postponed for four weeks, from ...
Article : 52 wordsThere was nothing in the appearance of the city yesterday to indicate that anything unusual had taken place in Ipswich, except that groups of ...
Article : 237 wordsThe union leaders were interviewed the morning regarding the action of the men at South Johnstone in rejecting the terms of settlement ...
Article : 214 wordsThe Suite president of the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen (Mr. L. Kissick) said yesterday that the position at Innisfall ...
Article : 453 wordsBy an arrangement between the railway authorities, merchants, and union committee, consignments of perishable goods on trucks in the ...
Article : 387 wordsSouth Johnstone strikers, at a meeting yesterday afternoon, unanimously decided that the terms submitted by the Board of ...
Article : 119 words"Our duty is clear. We are behind the Government to a man," says Mr. B. H. Corser, M.L.A. (Opposition Party Whip), in the course of a ...
Article : 251 wordsFollowing a conference yesterday between Mr. T. Walsh (general president of the Seamen's Union) and Mr. R. V. Keane (general secretary of ...
Article : 258 wordsMr. E. A. Chapman, secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Railways Union, said yesterday that he had received advice from Mr. ...
Article : 80 wordsA word of warning against speeding on main roads was contained in a statement made by the secretary of the Royal Automobile Club of ...
Article : 187 wordsWhat, will happen when the Labour Caucus reassembles to-morrow? That is one of the questions which is in the thoughts of those who are closely ...
Article : 169 wordsAt the conclusion of the mass meeting of the railwaymen at Ipswich yesterday. The following resolution, which was carried by acclamation, was ...
Article : 62 wordsBusiness is suffering from depression, and several firms have had to curtail their staffs. Skyring's sawmill has closed down for the want of log ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Murwillumbah Shire Council passed without dissent a motion congratulating Mr. McCormack (Queensland Premier) on "his stand taken to ...
Article : 64 wordsThe procession of railwaymen to the Stadium, where the mass meetings are held is now a daily event. Already it has become so familiar that ...
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The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Thu 8 Sep 1927, Page 9
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