In the Legislative Assembly to-day the strike occupied most of the question time. Mr. McGirr, member for Yass, was in the act of putting a question to the Acting ...
Article : 221 wordsThe Premier to-day received a telegram from Townsville stating that the ballot of railwaymen on the strike question had resulted in favour of returning to work, and ...
Article : 339 wordsThe annual meeting of the Perth Chamber of Commerce took place last evening, the retiring president (Mr. W. Leslie) presiding over a large attendance of members ...
Article : 3,262 wordsThe business of the nineteenth annual conference of delegates of the State School Teachers' Union of Western Australia was opened at James-street girls school ...
Article : 2,404 wordsThere is a growing feeling in official union circles that the strike, as far as Victoria is concerned, will not last much longer. In Melbourne union leaders holding moderate ...
Article : 519 wordsMr. Toknie, Leader of the Opposition, to-day announced that he would move to-morrow, in the Legislative Assembly, that the Government no longer possessed the ...
Article : 149 wordsIn the Logislative Assembly to-day, the Premier (Mr. Ryan) said, regarding the desision of the Queensland Railway Union to declare goods coming by train from New ...
Article : 90 wordsOne of the two highly-controversial matters for consideration at the conference of the State School Teachers' Union—the other being a proposal to seek registration ...
Article : 2,121 wordsUp to the present South Australia generally has suffered no serious disabilities as the result of the Sydney strike. Coal is being issued sparingly under permits from ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Federal Cabinet set until after 7 to-night, considering the strike situation, and it will meet again at noon to-morrow. At the conclusion or the meeting to-night, the ...
Article : 173 wordsAn excellent programme was presented last night at the Perth Town Hall, by "The Merrymakers," in aid of the starving Christians of Lebanon. There was a fair ...
Article : 1,212 wordsAt the smoke social which celebrated the fortieth anniversary of the Adelaide district of the Australasian Engineers, the secretary (Mr. William Berry) said it seemed ...
Article : 228 words"The transports are coaling satisfactorily," said the Minister for the Navy. (Mr. Cook) to-day, "and we expect one to sail shortly. We have several transports busily ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Minister for the Navy (Mr. Cook) stated to-night that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the War Procautions (Coal) Regulations, those persons ...
Article : 194 wordsExtraordinary admissions were made in the Bankruptcy Court to-day by Alexander Charles Kenneth Buchanan, who in the course of examination as to the causes of ...
Article : 97 wordsIn the House of Assembly to-day Mr. Edwards asked on whose authority Adelaide police had been sent to Broken Hill, and did the Premier consider it a proper ...
Article : 121 wordsThat the draughtsmen at the Cockatoo Island dockyards are resolved to assist the Commonwealth authority in fighting the strike was announced by the Minister for ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Federal Treasurer (Sir John Forrest) stated to-day that the Ministry intended to go on with the War Time Profits Tax Bill, despite all the objections that were raised ...
Article : 78 wordsIn connection with the disappearance of the steamer Matunga, the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Cook) to-day announced that a most exhaustive search of the whole ...
Article : 49 wordsThe executive of the Victorian Employers' Federation has adopted a resolution urging the Commonwealth Government to issue a proclamation under the War ...
Article : 98 wordsLife on a U-Boat.—An article on the life in a submarine by Baron v. Forstner, the commander of one of them, was recently reproduced from a German monthly ...
Article : 234 wordsAt the inquest held in connection with the death of the jockey Bragg, who was killed in the smash at the Canterbury Park races on July 28, when nine horses ...
Article : 103 wordsThe steamer Oonah left for Tasmania to-day on her second voyage with a volunteer crew. She carries passengers, mails, and cargo. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) declared to-day that the industrial upheaval would not be allowed to interfere with the Federal Ministry's intention to proceed at ...
Article : 71 wordsAt an aggregate meeting of the members of the Victorian branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers last week it was decided, after hearing a delegate from ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 29 Aug 1917, Page 8
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