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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
19
Jottings recount Mr W E Johnson chairing a New South Wales delegation in Parliament, a near alligator encounter after mistaking a log for a Tog, and a stone saved him from a bite. The column weaves in Italian reform, wage strikes, and easing capital punishments in NSW, plus a comic church sermon tale from an English visitor.
The Cobar strike is settled with miners accepting Arbitration Court wages. Rates include 11s for engine drivers and 10s6d to 9s for various engine and machine staff. The Mine Mechanics' Association scale covers boilermakers carpenters turners sawyers blacksmiths and assistants with overtime rules and a two year agreement to be formalised.
Ms. Arthur Brisco of Landgrove Cootamundra urges swift action on a national railway plan linking northern and western lines and extending to Parkes Stockinbingal and Dubbo. She notes drought in the south and fodder surplus in the north, and proposes a Sydney Town Hall meeting during Sheep Show week to form a National Railway Society.
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