Lumpers Strike Threatens Australian Wheat Shipments
The Fremantle wharf lumpers demand payment for time spent smoking and halted wheat transport, prompting warnings of farming hardship and a call from Beverley Farmers and Settlers Association to deploy relays to speed exports. The piece defends farmers' war effort and rejects industrial conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremantle
Harbour Trust
Western Australia
Australia
Beverley
Farmers and Settlers’ Association
London
Britain
Strikes End as Freemantle Lumpers Return to Work
Freemantle lumpers at the North Wharf abandon a seven day refusal to load wheat, after a ballot showed a large majority willing to resume. The article notes wage losses of about £1000 during the stoppage and recalls debates over union rules and socialist influences amid wartime hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Wharf
Fremantle
Liverpool
England
T.W.W
LWW
Continuation Classes Open for Second Term
The Education Department calls attention to the second term opening on Monday night for continuation classes. Courses include preliminary, commercial, industrial, and domestic for girls. industrial for boys. About 3000 students attend. apply to the headmaster at Northam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northam
Winter comes with chilly drape and coughs we dread
A poem-like note promotes Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy for seasonal coughs and colds, praising bright days and damp fears while urging use of the product.
Keep Sheep and Boost US Wool Flocks
The Philadelphia Wool and Textile Association urges a rapid rise in domestic sheep numbers to meet rising demand for wool. It cites declines in US sheep and wool output, with foreign wool filling a large share of consumption, and argues that war and world shortages threaten supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philadelphia Woolt and Textile Association
Association
America
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Lumpers
Europe
Avon Bakery
A. Appleton
J. J. Rieusset
West Noreham
C. M. Nixon
Ward
P. McKenzie
West Northam
Clark and Phillips Limited
Dalgety & Co., Ltd
Clark & Phillips, Limited
Dalgety and Co., Ltd
Northam Hotel
W. Tomlinson
Perth
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