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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
4
The Sydney Trades Hall hosted a Labor Council meeting criticizing wage board work for tailors, behind a push to establis h a wage board and improved conditions for storemen and clerks. Directors from unions including Coombie and Durack were discussed, with a focus on meal relief changes and pending industrial court actions.
Mr Hugh Mahon attacked Mr Wade and Mr Scrivener in federal parliament citing past criticisms of the capital site. NSW Premier commented Mahon forgets himself and condemned his language as unfit for a gentleman.
A damaged echo of a period advertisement notes a Scottish saying and a young Australian girl contesting a gold medal. It references Bourville Cocoa being seen in homes and a peppermint cure for the influenza season, with prices and store profits implied.
A board of adjudicators convened at Central Valley Court to hear a dispute between the Bread Carters Union and the Masters Associations. Testimonies described wages, hours, and delivery pressures for early morning bread service, with discussions on copies of evidence and a pending award affecting workers in Melbourne and Queensland.
Death occurs at her residence in Surry Hills New South Wales She is described as an early New South Wales native connected to Parrots and the Parrott family Her brother J Parrott resides at Port Hacking and is noted as a pioneer volunteer in early colonial service Her husband helped lay the corner stone of St Andrew's Cathedral The funeral was held at the Necropolis with a large attendance and includes a seraphic recital by her grandson John Baxter Two medals and a Turkish medal are listed among her family relics Her obituary ties to local history and colonial service and mentions the Wollongong Police Court case of Joseph Hurdles Condon and farm damage by wallabies
The article reports Walter Preedy returning to Britain from Australia after four years, noting shifts in emigration policy and public opinion. It mentions the migration debate, planned quotas, and paralleled discussions of 30 immigrants including 12 domestic twins, with a Waterloo district health report stating no contagious disease cases in six weeks.
An advertisement extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a safe cure for colds and throat and lung troubles. It claims no opium or morphine and boasts thirty years of reputation from cures under various conditions.
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