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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
4
The Sydney Labor Council defends the Act as a better mechanism than strikes, arguing it weakens neither unions nor employers. It advocates fair trials, improved legislation through use, and suggests reform only after testing, noting no act is perfect but abuses won’t reveal its faults.
The piece discusses rumors of over a thousand desertions from the American Fleet in Californian waters due to lavish hospitality. It questions naval discipline under easy shore life, contrasts with Royal Navy concerns about sydocy, and hints at broader views of U S power versus pageantry in the Pacific.
A fragment suggests concern over the Fleet's mission and the pace of its dispersal. If the easels lose as many departures as in California, President Roosevelt and advisers may doubt the wisdom of the extended voyage.
The piece argues that elected aldermen are unlikely to accept the formal duties of school boards. It notes school boards can be effective, but aldermen face heavy duties already. It warns that aldermen learning complex school laws would distract from other tasks and that teacher receptivity to visitors would be limited.
The piece argues the federal government cannot arm or uniform cadets in the state, citing hundreds on the rolls without gear, six months wait for uniforms, and delays in rifle supplies from abroad. It urges rapid import of material or local manufacture to prevent the movement from becoming a hollow listing of names.
Arbitration Court heard an application by Michael Joseph Coneington, secretary of the Timber Carters Union, for a common rule on the Court of April 28 dispute with Masers Langdon and Langdon and the Sydney and Suburban Timber Merchants Association. Mark Mitchell appeared for respondents to consent to the rule, Swan Brothers objected but were exempted on condition that carters achieve a minimum wage of 4 5 s per day for up to four hours, with the union reserving the right to revoke the exemption. The court would issue a common rule taking effect today.
In West Maitland on Friday young Stanley Seymour suffered a severe cut while cutting lucerne. The blade of his scythe entered his mouth, lacerating lips and throat area. Doctors stitched the wounds and he is doing as well as could be expected.
The Czar and King Edward praised the Anglo Russian settlement and rapprochement. Interviews in Reval with Hardinge Nicolson Stolypla and Misvoleky produced understanding on Macedonian revenues being devoted to local needs as Grey recommended. Victoria and Albert sailed home, due Sunday.
London reports rising Greek bandit activity in Macedonia prompts a Balkan defense response. The Ottoman sultan orders ten additional battalions of Rediff troops in Monastir Vilayet amid earlier 1906 1907 banditry aimed at Bulgarian villages and forcing allegiance to the Patriarchate with Greek priests and schoolmasters.
A banquet hosted by the Automobile Club in London Thursday evening ended in tragedy as guests, including the Marquia De Dion, fall ill with poisoning symptoms. One guest died and several others remain seriously ill.
London reports the Exarch of Georgia was assassinated at the Synod in Tiflis. The assassin escaped. Later the chief of the political Police, handling the case, was killed in an attempt to seize documents. The attempt failed and the assailant fled.
London Thursday evening report on the Paris Bas Miners Congress where the Miners Federation of Europe was urged to limit production by fixed abstention to aid neighboring strikers. Surplus stocks right now let employers cut wages without provoking a strike, preventing a British pledge from its representatives.
London market report notes car aliver today quoted at 1s%d per ounce under the London standard with the price movement reflecting supply and demand factors in the silver market.
London dispatch reports 21 067 Chinese workers on the Rand mining fields as of Thursday evening. The figure reflects a continued influx and concentration of Chinese laborers in the region, underscoring the district's extensive immigration and labor dynamics.
A clever gang of pickpockets operates in Sydney targeting gold watches. They select well-to-do victims and rely on dexterity to lift timepieces, aided by accomplices who watch for police and crowds. Several watches and chains have recently been stolen, warning locals to be cautious in crowds.
The Lord Mayor announced progress on the second step toward opening a new thoroughfare between College Street and the Central Railway Station. Once the remaining document is signed, demolition of buildings on the north eastern side of Goulburn Street to College Street will begin, with the council’s alignment already sanctioned to speed traffic access.
Redfern Council debate on tram passes for suburban aldermen. Town Clerk Grierson sent forty letters to other councils. thirty-two replied with varying support. Aldermen argued over privilege versus fare, noting salaries of other officials and a call for a deputation to the Railway Commissioners. The mayor would lead a deputation to seek concession details.
A Sydney Labor Council sub-committee reports in reply to the Premier’s remarks about the councils stance on the Industrial Disputes Act. It mocks Mr Waidke’s appeal to repudiate agitation, claiming it reveals a lack of statesmanship and notes the Labor party’s unanimous vote on the measure’s third reading.
London news brief notes that the Most Rev. Dr. Saumares Smith Archbishop of Sydney and the Most Rev. St. Clair Donaldson Archbishop of Brisbane have been made Doctors of Law at Durham University, a notable honor for both church leaders.
The Presbyterian General Assembly in Canada voted 166 to 3 percent in favor of uniting with the Methodist and Congregational churches. The decision marks a major move toward church union in Canada, reflecting broad cross denominational alignment.
The Pearl shell Commission continued taking evidence of leading pearlshellers and others. It is expected to be occupied till end of next week, when they will proceed by the steamer Champion to visit mergaboring islands.
Eva Hutton writes from Marborough Queensland praising Rose's Celebrated Eye Lotion as a remedy for Sandy Blight Swel Jias Blight and inflamed eyes and eyelids. B A Rose & Co proprietors advertise at 531 George Street Syden. The notice urges demand for Rose's Eye Lotion and warns against substitutes. The rest promotes a winter drink and tonic.
London reports Sir George Farrar the leader of the Irogressive party in the Transvaal will accompany General Botha the Premier to Quebec for the Tercentenary celebrations.
A Victorian court and experts over 85 years confirmed the Genuine Sander and Sons Pure Volatile Eucalyptus Extract as superior and reliable. It warns against crude imitations blamed for irritation and death, urging consumers to trust the genuine product.
W. W. Cumming, long serving postmaster at Da man, is promoted to Postmaster at Tweed Heads. This morning at Gillespie's Wharf foot of Bathurst Street, coal-lumper William Morris was struck on the right leg by a spar, breaking the limb. He was transported to Guisey Hospital by the Australian Ambulance.
Bessy Maraquita Kerrigan seeks divorce from Jobn Kerrigan on grounds of desertion drunkenness cruelty and non support. She cites marriage in 1941 at a Brewarrina station and years of hardship including a drunken episode that left her fearing for her safety. Witnesses describe repeated intoxication threats with weapons and physical abuse. Judge reserved decision.
Florence Nightingale Armstrong formerly Graham petitioned for judicial separation from Thomas Frencher Arms rote. The couple married in Rupet in 1958 and lived in Wollongong and Marrickville. He drank heavily, was cruel, and repeatedly assaulted her, including strapping him down in June 1962. She left in February 1963 with furniture stored, seeking only peace as the decree was granted.
In the No 2 Jury Court before Mr Justice Pring the action by Eileen Mary Cross by her mother against the New South Wales Railway Commissioner over injuries at Cowra Railway Station on December 2 was settled. A verdict was found for the plaintiff for 1200 pounds after trucks from another line collided with her carriage injuring her hand, necessitating amputation.
A renowned lightweight jockey, 5. F. Bonten, died at his parents’ home on Miller Street North Sydney after a suspected prompt poisoning. He had been part of Carneshaw’s stable and resided locally. Despite medical care his condition worsened, and Dr. Icbieler could not certify the cause of death, prompting a police report and likely post mortem examination.
Three Christian Moeihochet Mission boys in the Baianing district New Britain were slain by bush tribesmen as they wandered into the bush. The bodies were reportedly eaten by the attackers. Punitive parties were dispatched from Herbertshohe aboard the steamer Primegis to reach the massacre site.
Mrs Lohmann and Company will dispatch the N DLL steamer Neidelberg from Neutral Bay at 1 oclock tomorrow morning to the Continent via Brisbane and Java porte. The cargo includes 1000 bales wool 1000 tons ore 40 tons tin clippings 100 loads timber and a large quantity of sundries.
The engineer Whitton valued the Zig-zag tunnel project at about £170,000, with an estimated £400,000 cost if built. The Town and Country Journal this week recounts the history of the remarkable work and notes the big zigzag and its uncertain feasibility.
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