Arbitration Court delays draw Justice McCawley comments
The Arbitration Court faces long delays as Justice McCawley notes in Brisbane June 7 that cases under the Australian Workers' Act and federal award disputes linger. He laments slow claim presentation and urges expeditious handling to avoid industrial disruption and compulsory orders. The judge warns continued delays threaten industrial peace and workforce productivity.
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Arbitration Court
Justice McCawley
Briskare
Crm
PD Ray
Wookpressers and Co
Jeane ‘Cawley
X. F
Mom
Walt Breve
Nehart
Horendlard
Acs
Thie
Jisthce
Eluwaid
Shearers Award Clarifies 40 Hour Week Debate
Brisbane reports on the Shearers award as authorities discuss weeks, wages, and conditions. The Court notes no current application for a separate award and references past terms from 1907 while considering a 40 hour baseline and practical increases.
Land Court to Rule on Repudiation Act in Pastoral Rents
In Brisbane Jones Harmon sits in the Land Court to deliver a reserved judgment on the Repudiation Act case involving murderous men heard at early o’clock. The hearing covers oil pastoral rents and related measures, with Sir Mardacre Boone and Deputy for Me chairing sessions at Charters Towers and Charleville.
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Brisbane
Jones Harmon
Seltivan
Mardacre Boone
Ren 'Wes
Mandacre
Charters
Barcaldine
Shannon
Charleville
Fragmentary police court note on drunkenness ages
Fragmentary OCR reads like a police court item noting drunks and ages. The text is garbled but indicates a court or policing action involving individuals of legal drinking age.
Incomplete Cairnshin Show Attendance Noted
A damaged report recalls Cairnshin and a returned soldier Mr Boyle attending a Mareely Show and race. It mentions a Saturday sighting and a party, with a car event and a fall or accident near Atherton. Expressed sympathy for Mr Boyle amid unclear details.
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Cairnshin
Bernt
Lad
Boyle
Ewart Fairoe
Atherton
Town planning talks on Bowen coalfield town model
The Minister for Mines outlined a plan to survey and lay out a model town on the Bowen coalfield site. A conference with the Town Planning Association will precede final layout, with mining rights preserved and state land, rail terminus, and land requirements guiding the process.
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Brishane
Jane
Bowen Ae
Cone
Enabelis
Town Planning Association
Page
Messra Hoeham
Allen and
Wilcdriot
Bowen Steel Works
Coalield
Garvey
Eeeeey
Mrackson
Mr. Jones
Mines Department
Jackson
Coaffeld
Presen
Jedses
Lands Department
Opinien
Bowen
Forest Service aims to farm timber vast acres in new plan
Brisbane June 7. The Minister for Lands Mr Coyne announced the new forest service will farm extensively for timber covering not less than substantial acreage to stabilise the timber industry and ward off a looming famine. The force now numbers about 259 men, 40 percent Australian and 75 percent reformed soldiers.
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Brisbane
Forest Service
Coyne
David Hutchins
Wetsponee
D. Hutchins
Died Suddenly in SEON During Cabinet Meeting
A sudden death occurred on June 7 in SEON during a cabinet meeting, with LIS MM reported among those present. No further details available in the fragment.
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Seon
Seeing the Prince in Melbourne and Brisbane Tour
Mr Steer, organizing the Prince's Queensland tour, returns from Melbourne praising the crowds and confirming no delays in Queensland dates. The Prince greets 400 000 Melburnians, attends dinners and a naval review, and enjoys public receptions, while thousands of children form a living map of Australia and Welsh dancers perform. The journey includes vivid decorations and a direct public route through crowded streets.
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Brisbane
Steer
Queensland
Melbourne
Queston Secor
St. Kilda
Australia
Federal Parliament House
Federal Parlament House
Cricket Ground
Admiral Halsey
Melbovene
Sinn Feiners Confiscate Arms in Middleton Patrol
In London on June 7 Sinn Feiners trapped a patrol of eleven soldiers and one policeman cycling from Middleton to Carrigetehall and confiscated the arms and cycles. A Tuam resident sentenced for money theft aided a raid. the prisoner then guided police to a Sinn Fein jail in a bog, where three men were arrested. Mr. Thomas spoke at Battersea urging restraint, praising Ireland but condemning murders, as a special Labour conference was summoned for Irish railwaymen to discuss industrial action.
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London
Middleton
Carrigetehall
Tuam
Howe
Sinn Femn
Thomas
Aargeting
Battersea
Ireland
Irlsh
Revarned Man Killed in Perth Street Crash
Perth June 7 A motor car overturned while avoiding children on Highgate Hill near Perth. One occupant, a returned soldier and military medallist, was killed in the crash and others were injured.
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Perth
Highgate Hill
Dashme
Mmiitary
Watt in London Discusses Migration and Empire
Mr Watt, Treasurer to the Commonwealth, spoke in London on June 7 about emigration and migration within the Empire. He urged coordinated action across Dominions and with Britain to repatriate surplus population and strengthen imperial ties after the war.
Britain’s Oil Policy and Prospects for World Supply
Sir Tol Cadman spoke on the Fateh Empire of resources noting Britain’s limited share of global oil at 21 percent versus the United States’ 70 percent. He said Britain does not seek to exclude foreign participation and wartime regulation remains legitimate, as the US must secure additional sources to meet its demand.
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London
Tol Cadman
Cutive
Fateh Empire of Resources
Britain
Cadman
Mritain
United States
Mrriam
Beaten by Poles and Hindus in London Dispatch
Jane G. Warese reports dramatic wartime notes from London as Polish forces gain ground between the Dying and the Upper Sina and repel Bolshevik assaults on Azneven. Echo de Paris cites Lenin warming to Hindu revolutionaries while Russia monitors India's reawakening and 315 million Hindus under the Imperial yoke.
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London
Jane G. Warese
Sina
Azneven
Harding Kryzopol
Ukraine
Echo de Paris
Lenin
Russia
India
Persia Seeks League Talk Over Soviet Presence in Iran
The Persian government asked the League of Nations to convene in London on June 1 to discuss the Soviet occupation of Persia. Prince Firouz, Persia’s representative, attended the council and reported the Shah arrived in Teheran on June 1 amid large demonstrations denouncing the regime and expressing loyalty to the Shah.
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London
Ae Covell
League of Nations
Persia
Firouz
Teheran
Outlaws Condemned by Pope and Irish Rail Strike Debate
The Pope privately met Archbishop Redwood of Wellington NZ as he denounced the Simm Fein methods. Mr Lloyd George rebutted a railwaymen deputation led by Mr Thomas on refueling Irish rail staff for munitions. He called the union tactic a threat to disorganise the country and warned government abdication if tolerated. The Irish issue echoed France and the National Union of Railwaymen faced pressure to align with public policy.
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London
Redwood
Wellington
Riad
Simm Fein
Llnyd George
Thomas
Tractice Notonian
Trades Unionists
Ireland
Trades Union Congress
Destation
Unnion
Britain
National Union of Railwaymen
Sugar Station Visit Highlights Bundaberg Cane Experiments
June 7 in Brisbane the Minster for Agriculture spoke warmly about Bundaberg cane experiments at Sugar Paperupental Station near Kinkie. Visitors from a wide area observed four decades of cane trials, plant cane preference, and promising new varieties, with demonstrations of farming tools and traction engines.
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Brishane
Minster For Agrculture
Jomday
Enthusiacen
Kinkie
Bundaberg
Easterby
Weeengara Ecroh
Gilles
Illves
Denbigh MP Questions Transfer of Dominions Dept
In the House of Commons Mr George Ormedy Gore, MP for Denbigh, said the decision on transferring the Dominions Department to a President Council had not been settled. London report from June 7 notes the debate ongoing without a firm transfer decision.
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London
House of Commons
William George Ormedy-Gore
Denbigh
George Say Run
Dominions
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MR. Watt
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Worthington Evans
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Newton Moore
Montague Browning
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David Hall
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Connoly
Ashisa Milner
Watt
Empire Parliamentary Association
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NIN
Dominions Department
Strength OF Empire Movement
Eva C Wheeler
America
Innisfail
Barinda
Crown
George Ie Ams
Robert Willia Jones
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