The "triple alliance" of Labour—railwaymen, miners, and transport workers—realising the unpopularity of their threat of a general strike on account of ...
Article : 73 wordsSo far as the Sydney branch of the Senmen's Union is concerned, the strike is by no means settled, and it is apparent from messages received in Sydney that ...
Article : 415 wordsThe British Admiralty awaits the New Zealand Government's decision regarding the naval requirements of the Dominion. The first vessel offered by ...
Article : 102 words"Had the influenza epidemic reached Hobart during the Hobart Cup meeting, we should have been in great difficulty to deal with it—if it came ...
Article : 1,039 wordsThough it was announced on Thursday that it was doubtful whether the outbreak of influenza in Hobart was of the same chrarcter as the pneumonie ...
Article : 1,027 wordsAs already announced, the British troops have obtained a complete victory over the Russian Bolsheviks on the River Dwina (south of Archangel) ...
Article : 254 wordsThe Ministry of Labour is considering the introduction of legislation providing for the making of strikes and lockouts illegal without a week's notice ...
Article : 91 wordsSpeaking to-day at Kingston, in the Canadian province of Ontario, General Sir Archibald MacDonnell, replying to the criticism of General Currie, the ...
Article : 80 wordsThe following is taken from a recent issue of the "Medical Journal" of Australia:—With a view to the prevention of the spread of influenza in a ...
Article : 271 wordsAt mass meetings of miners which were held yesterday at all the yorkshire collieries the men passed resolutions in favour of returning to work. ...
Article : 64 wordsSenator Pearce, the Commonwealth Minister of Defence, advises that the Australians have been completely evacuated from Palestine and Egypt, and ...
Article : 77 wordsThe report that two cases of pneumonic influenza had been diagnosed at the Claremont Camp Hospital, and that cases of ordinary influenza are very ...
Article : 266 wordsIn reference to the question asked in the House of Commons on Monday last by Major C. F. Entwistle, the Liberal member for Kingston-upon-Hull, ...
Article : 99 wordsThe correspondent of the "Daily Express" stales that the British commander in the Baltic, General Gough, has sent an ultimatum to the White ...
Article : 106 wordsOn the suggestion of the President[?] (Senator Fairbairn), a conference of the Employers' Federations of Australia was held this morning to consider a proposal ...
Article : 208 wordsSlowly, but it may be hoped surely, the Federal Council of the Seamen's Union is groping its way towards a settlement of the shipping strike. Members ...
Article : 356 wordsThis disease is highly infections and it is necessary that great precautions should be taken by those in attendance on the sick. ...
Article : 353 wordsLord Inchcape, the chairman of the P. and O. line, has sold practically 40 standard ships, with an aggregate of 244,751 tons, at about £28 per ton. ...
Article : 32 wordsIt is officially announced that the anti-Bolsheviks in South Russia are steadily gaining ground on the Astrakan ind Volga fronts. Volunteers ...
Article : 153 wordsFrom inquiries made in well-informed quarters, the London representative o. the Australian Press Association understands that the British Government ...
Article : 69 wordsInfluenza is raging at Gormanston, where over 50 people are reported as being affected with it. It is also prevalent, but in a lesser degree, at ...
Article : 69 wordsGold ingots worth £7,000,000 were on board the liner Laurentic which was sunk off the coast of Donegal during the war. The salvage operations to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 211 wordsThe United States Government has ordered large supplies to be forwarded to Admiral Koltchak in order to enable him to advance against the ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Premier (Hon. W. H. Lee), interviewed last night, expressed himself keenly disappointed that, after all the precautions taken, and the success that ...
Article : 243 wordsThe Bolsheviks are reported to be continuing their advance eastward, and have captured the town of Tumen. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe British steamer War Khan had an exciting episode on her homeward voyage. She received an S.O.S. signal 200 miles off Brest, the French seaport, ...
Article : 82 wordsThe South Australian seamen are awaiting official instructions from the eastern States. A meeting of the branch was held ...
Article : 95 wordsPatient is to be isolated in bright, well-ventilated room. Be sure the windows open fully. No one except the nurse or attendant is to enter the room. ...
Article : 480 wordsThe members of a Danish Red Cross mission who have returned to Copenhagen from Moscow state that the situation in Moscow is terrible. A ...
Article : 100 wordsIn the course of a statement in the Senate to-day the Chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Senator Russell), announced that the British Government ...
Article : 129 wordsMainly as the result of the action of the Wonthaggi miners in stopping work for two and a half days this week, much unemployment will again prevail next ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Prince of Wales, who is now on a visit to Newfoundland, attended a regatta at St. John's to-day. A rowing boat capsized whilst a race was in ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Italian newspapers state that the Rumanians continue their exactions at Buda Pesth, the Hungarian capital, with pitiless severity. The Rumanian ...
Article : 174 wordsThe disease generally comes on quite suddenly, people being attacked without warning. The incubation period is very short, being generally 24 hours ...
Article : 418 wordsOwing to the fact that its stocks of ore have been exhausted, the Electrolytic Zinc Company has been compelled to close down its slab zinc production ...
Article : 110 wordsThe political situation in Turkey is chaotic, owing to the Central Government losing authority. The province of Anatolia is in open revolt, under Kemai ...
Article : 59 wordsIt is understood that a representative of some Australian capitalists has indicated that his principals are willing to consider a proposal to take over the ...
Article : 64 wordsYesterday morning, owing to several distressing cases arising out of the epidemic being reported, the Mayor (Alderman J. G. Shield) convened a ...
Article : 528 wordsIn memoriam badges for mothers, wives, o[?] nearest female relatives of Australian soldiers who have died on active service will[?] it is officially stated[?] be ...
Article : 58 wordsArrangements have been made for the steamer Laranah, which was expected to leave Newcastle yesterday, to bring 300 tons of coal for the Hobart ...
Article : 33 wordsGeneral Sir W. R. Birdwood, on behalf of the Commonwealth, is presenting German guns of 77 millimetres, received under the armistice, to seven English ...
Article : 183 wordsThe influenza outbreak in the city continued to spread fast yesterday. Hardly a shop or house in the city has escaped, and many business places are ...
Article : 115 wordsMessrs. J. Timms and Sidney Kidman, who recently started in partnership as contractors, have offered the Federal Government a proposition to construct ...
Article : 137 wordsA note of warning has been forwarded by the United States Government to General Carranza, the President of Mexico, stating that radical changes ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Magistrate who is examining Landr[?], the French engineer who is alleged to have [?]murdered several women in Paris, unexpectedly ...
Article : 113 wordsAlthough on Thursday the cases of influenza at Claremont Hospital were diagnosed as not pneumonic by the Medical Advisory Board, that body met early ...
Article : 138 wordsSince the peace was concluded between Great Britain and Afghanistan the Baluchis have raided a British post, inflicting casualties. The tribes on the frontier ...
Article : 40 wordsThere were three deaths in the metropolitan hospitals to-day from pneumonic influenza. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 16 Aug 1919, Page 7
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