Labor unions gather for relief and union meetings in Newcastle area
The Amalgamated Carpenters Society votes a £10 relief from funds for Newcastle wharf laborers. A Master Hairdressers Association concert in York Street’s Old Magonic Hall drew good attendance with vocal and instrumental acts. Monumental Workers Union and Journeymen Butchers Union holds mass meetings at Trades Hall, electing officers amid calls for unity and arbitration on wages.
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Amalgamated Carpenters’ Society
Newcastle and
Hunter River
Magonic Hall
York Street
Jaret
Messrs. Russell
J. W. Brady
J. G. Brady
Mitchell Butcher
Flehm
Moosevear
Evacs
Cooper
Thornton
Sutton
Lewis
Jackson
Johnston
Elife Santo Club
Auld Lang Syne
Monumental Workers’ Union
Wases
Aod
Journeymen Butchers’ Union
T. Furse
A. Kelly
J. Storey
M.l.as
Amalgamated Slaughtermen’s Union
Messrs. Keily
Storey
M-L.as
T. M'Glynn
Lloyd
E. Wallace
Gumbly
T. Harpur
Luby
Smith
Long
Lynch
Power
Beard
Pearce
M'Grath
Braderock
J. J. News
G U O F annual meeting plans and local notices in Newcastle
At the G U O F annual meeting in Newcastle it was decided the next gathering will be in Goulburn, with life assurance system proposals under committee oversight. A Black Heath Govell's Leap road deviation improves traffic flow, reducing grade to 1 in 65. Transfers of publicans licenses were granted, and business notices include a shopping guide, land-purchase illustration in Melbourne, and commodity market reports from Winchcombe Carson on hides, tallow, and marsupial skins with fluctuating prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.U
Central Licensing Court
Samuel H. Chambers
Ed. Poden
Albert Park
Brisbane Street
Grace Carter
Ed. H. Tonlesham
Lord Jersey
Castlereagh Street
Catherine Hennessy
EU. D'Arcy
Star
Goulburn-street
Wilshire
Payton
Macfarlane
Messrs. Hordern Bros
Pitt-street
Post
Melbourne
Argus
Cain
The
Royal Bank
Justice Hodges
George Gipps
New South Wales
Earl of Zetland
Victoria Hall
Bourke
Swanston Streets
Barry Cotter
Winchcombe, Carson, and Company, Limited
Queensland
Ap Ever
Wallaby
What the Times Says About Influenza
A London Times column urges maintaining high body tone to prevent influenza. It notes influenza is highly contagious and attacks those with weak systems, praising remedies like Bile Beans and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Times
Charge of Bigamy At Central Police Court
Mary Ann Russell 52 with alias Mary Ann Heine was charged with two marriages in 1866 and 1900 while her first husband Charles Robert Heine was alive. Evidence showed she posed as a widow at the 1900 ceremony in Pitt Street. Heine testified, tracing marriages and separations across Singleton Gunnedah Narrabri and Broken Hill. The accused was committed for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Mary Ann Russell
Mary Ann Heine
Charles Robert Heine
Singleton
Sydney
George William Smith
George Marsden Smyth
George Hay
Pitt Street
Redfern
Charles Heine
Adelaide
Broken Hil
Broken Hill
Balmain
Gunnedad
Gunnedah
Coonamble
Narrabri
Rabbit Act Critics Call for One Board and Inspector
A reader from Sydney argues against multiple boards and officers created by the Rabbit Act and related stock laws. He proposes consolidating roles, using one board, and sharing inspectors to cover both rabbit and stock acts. He warns against duplicative costs, lists drought context, and urges immediate action before assessment notices raise taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beard
Sydney
Mixed notices and council reports from early 1900s paper
The report from the Horticultural Association shows 99 members with 19 new in the year and a deficit leaving 3 2s 10d in balance. A Balmain perjury case against Ernest Carter ends with committal for trial. A Union prize winner, C Taylor of Fitzroy, is celebrated for union support. G.U.C.C.F. approves new rules to June 30 1902 and registration under Friendly Societies Act. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy advertised with claim of cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendly Societies' Association
New South Wales
British Medical Association
A.N.A
Horticultural Association
Queen's Hall
Central Police Court
Ernest Carter
Balmain
John Rankin
Carter
Melbourne
CC. Harris
Victorian
Trades Hall Council
C. Taylor
Fitzroy
Crushmakers’ Society
G.U.C.C.F. Annwal
Newcistle
Friendly Societies Act
Herron
Glebe Council Refers Greater Sydney Scheme to Committee
At a Thursday night meeting Glebe Council referred the question of the Greater Sydney scheme to a committee for study and report. A letter from the Metropolitan Municipal Reform Conference general secretary urged councils to express views on federation of large services and the potential abolition of suburban municipalities, noting Premier’s readiness to legislate for a Greater Sydney. The letter was referred to committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glebe Council
Greater Sydney
Metropolitan Municipal Reform Conference
Greater
Sydney
The Rabbit Pest War A Landholder Led Plan
A letter argues for a landholder centered rabbit control scheme with local boards, licensed rabbiters, and payments per rabbit. It urges rapid destruction on Crown and leased lands, ringbarking and selective leasing reforms, and warns the Lands Department delays threaten outbreak containment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening News
Acre
Sydney
Carcoar
White Box
Lachlan River
Lands Department
Federal Premier in telegram bon voyage wish from Queensland
Melbourne report notes a telegram from Mr Philp Premier of Queensland and colleagues to the Prime Minister. Narrabri Land Court sat and disposed of cases while L Brennan took seat amid professional congratulations. Balmain constable J Darlington named third class detective. Tinsley promoted to senior constable and reassigned to Newcastle. Cor Nel Peera, jailed for robbery of Ah Won al Yamba and acquitted of murder, arrives in Sydney and is sent to Darlinghurst Gaol. Public meeting at Blackheath supports local government movement with petitions and resolutions for NSW statewide reforms. INVEST 6d in Chamberlain's Cana Bettery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Philp
Queensland
Barton
Narrabri
Water
Newcastle
Cornelius Peera
Ah Won al Yamba
Sydney
North Coast Company
Katha
Darlinghurst
Blackheath
H. J. Collier
Katoomba
New South Wales
John Forrest
Annandale
J. &. Cargill
Crown Law Department
Anti-War League
A. A. Holman
Hunter Street
Holman
M.L.A
Professor Wood
Evening News
League
London
Rentoul
Melbourne Peace Society
Corporation of Accountants
Alec. Thomson
Beveridge
Lecta
Court of
Nisi Prius
Circuit Court
Equity
Supreme Court
S.s. Mears King
Messrs. Birt and Company
Bathurem
Shropshire
Southdown
Border Leicester
Lincoln
Romney Mersh
Dorset Horn
Australian Natives' Association notes Captain Cook tribute plan
R D Meagher declares Carruthers misrepresented ANA. He confirms ANA plans annual Kurnell demonstration tied to Captain Cook's landing date, not April 26. Meagher defends ANA passion for early navigators and presses for proper historic date April 28 with transport ease now available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening News
Kurnell
J. A. Carruthers
M.L.A
A.N.A
Captain Cook
Carruthers
Hyde Park
Sydney Harbor
Board of Directors
ALNLA
Myee
Commonwealth
Botany Bay
Australian Natives’ Association
Dioneere
Australia
Bose
Australian Natives' Association
Ita
R. D. Meagher
Parliament House
Old Colonial censures Botany Bay officials over Cook tribute
An Australian letter writer attending a Cook anniversary event at a historic Kurnell refreshment room criticizes Government and Labor members for neglecting Botany Bay’s origins. He notes only J. H. Carruthers and Dacey present, laments their allowances, and recalls past hard graft for less pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening News
News
Kurnell
Captain Cook
Botany Bay
Grent
Australia
J. H. Carruthers
Dacey
Labor
Cook
Egypt
Britain
Inventor's Surprising Garbage Destructor Demonstrated
Aldermen and others observed Mr John C Hume of Bank Street Chippendale describe and exhibit the Surprise Garbage Destructor a brick furnace with two metal cells for drying and burning refuse. The model showed 2 tons per day capacity with future plans for 120 to 180 tons daily, claimed to cost about £3000 with no manual handling of garbage. CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY is advertised to cure coughs and colds at 6d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington-street
George-street West
John C. Hume
Bankstreet
Chippendale
Hume
Thousands Use Chamberlain Cough Remedy for Croup
Thousands of mothers rely on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to treat croup in children. The familiar remedy is noted for not failing and is offered at 1s 6d. per bottle.
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Baeadodice
Mt George-street
Next Savings
Sanches
Wood and Company
Charles Kinsela
Denton
Geo.st
D'Hurst-Rd
Labor Matters
London “Times
Chamberlain
Joe Davis
Noes
Tan
Park-Street
Piti-Street
An Wz
MR. Carruthers
Soneides
Fances, Binns, Merchants
Iont, Eydney
Newcas
Hawkesbury River
Office
Ellis Davis
George Street
Haymarket
Equitable Investments Company, Ltd
Henry Tait and Company. Ltd
Elizabeth Street
King and
Hunter Streets
P.N
EK H
Ji Elimsbeth-st
Walt
F. C. Willard
Newtoward
George
Castisreagh-street
Pare-Street
Arthur Elwyn
J. G. Read
Pitt-st. Formar
Park-st
Ernest C. V. Broughton
BR. P
Market Loan Office
Market-Street
Queen Victoria Markets
Newtown
Tel
Ularke and CO
Telly Gieb
GEO. Taylor and CO
Queen V
Naumann
Triumph
Hennety and Barkell
Goold Bicyle Co
Elngst
Rouses and
Rallon State
Torrens
Couille and Co
Urburn
Robert W. J. Harley
Frans
Gustave
Parz-st
Annie Besant
Hear
Flanders
Maria Monk
Sear
Sir R Bear
Fpark
Medical
Haymarket Drug Stores
Tul George St.mers
Harle’s Ladies
Harle's
George-street
Eodney
Clark
Glebe Point
Elizabeth
Darlington
Fred
Herr Rassmussen
Christopher Bennet
Eater
Renee
Seeling
Rotherwood
Argyle-road
Sutton Forest
Samuel Bennett
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