Profits of South African mines cited to justify wage cuts
The piece denounces mine owners profits while paying lip service to wages. It cites Robinson mine with 14,000 workers and £120,000 monthly gold output, £80,000 profit, per an Australian visiting South African team. It links the War Precautions Act to employer attacks and warns Parliament serves vested interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Crown
Village Main
Ferreira
Sydney
South Africa
Civil War on the Rand and Mining Repression
A report from South Africa describes armed clashes between the Rand miners and mining capitalists led by Johannes Oue. Miners form commandoes, seize mines, and suffer heavy casualties alongside armed guards. Benoni Trades Hall reportedly destroyed by an air attack. railway workers are urged to aid the fighting despite divisions among workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Wnh
Rand
Johannes- Oue
Change of address for Communist Party notices
Notice directs all letters for the General Secretary to H. L. Denford at 519 King Street Newtown. Other correspondence to the Editor and Literature Secretary goes to Communist Party Mall 395 Sussex Street Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Denford
King Street
Newtown
Communist Party Mall
Sussex-street
Sydney
The Futility Of Separist Unionism In Australia
An Australian labor article argues against forming independent industrial unions outside existing trade unions. It cites historical failures, urges guiding the leftward shift within unions, and promotes inside union work to win workers to Industrial Unionism through the Red Trade Union International approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Ilw.w
New South Wales
Ilas
Communist Party
Sydney
Verillet
Red Trade Union International
Labor Union
William, Foster
America
Tom Mann
England
I.W.W
George Hardy
Ray Brown
U.S.A
Etilogy of John Storey in Labor Cal Humor
A humorist drafts a parody etiology of the late John Storey in the Labor Call, ending with lines praising labor heroes who fight in Parliament. The piece mocks seriousness by altering phrasing about workers, health, and political service, suggesting politicians’ devotion amid critiques of parliamentary life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Storey
Labor
Subscriptions Urged As Renewal Mark Appears
A notice to readers explains a red mark on the word Communist signals expired subscriptions. Subscribers are asked to renew at once to avoid missing ten forthcoming papers.
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