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Newspaper
Sydney Globe
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 24, 1911
Page
9
A wide array of early 20th century innovations is described. Concrete conduits and lining metals, rubber substitutes from Soya beans, and a mobile automatic punching machine reflect industrial progress. Other notes include a high speed cross country record, novel tire materials, and a large crane complex.
A research report discusses measuring fatigue in workers using a hand wheelbarrow test. It details a recording device linking spring and drum to log muscle effort, effort timing, and exergy loss during lifting and pushing. The study aims to quantify fatigue across tasks and establish energy thresholds for safe, fresh performance.
As Prepeh burgeos named Borrel delivers an account at the Reol de Mundecis proposing a novel theory that a heel tun or germ underlies cancer and leprosy. He claims the germ originates in a hidden body region and resembles silicate worms when extracted. He cites Dr Barre and ongoing experiments as support.
Reports detail wage scales and labor disputes across industries. Cotton factories, weavers, and apprentices face extended hours and wage reforms as Parliament debates, with strikes and protests reported. The piece covers factory inspections, wage boards, and public responses to industrial labor changes. It notes wage determinations, hours per day, and shifts in pay for machine drivers, brick workers, and other trades, highlighting social and economic tensions in an era of rapid industrialization.
A scrambled report covers Lancashire teachers salary schemes, cost of education, and general worker unrest. It notes wage scales, strikes by South Wales miners, Home Office inquiries, and various wage board updates across industries, including mill workers and bakery trades.
The article reviews wage disparities among women and men in various trades, noting low pay for factory and agricultural workers and detailing pastor salaries and the burden on clergy. It highlights miners, hop pickers, and mill workers with context on hours, rates, and living conditions, plus remarks on religious and colonial welfare practices and labor organization.
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