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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 10, 1911
Page
2
A long editorial argues against constitutional changes proposed by referenda. It warns the amendments would dismantle state sovereignty, shift control of labor, trade, and industry to the Commonwealth, and threaten the federal balance. The piece urges a No vote to preserve state powers and caution against the party motives behind the proposals.
John Kirby argues unions threaten government and social order. He contends organized labor uses unlawful means to achieve wage, hour, and condition gains, diminishing civilization. He dismisses union leadership claims and warns against their influence amid progress and reform.
In the Journal of Tadnsiy an argument stresses the danger of coercion by labor unions and praises voluntary fraternal organizations and mutual aid for improving workers morally and financially. The piece argues for equal rights, opposing intimidation, and condemns wartime style strikes as wasteful.
The article critiques a public proclamation by U.S.U. leaders aiming to provoke broader unrest and profit loss for individual employers. It notes employers resisting measures, citing Denmark as an example where merchants refuse supplies to those following certain vocations. Church and Christian sentiment are invoked, while terrorism is deemed unlikely to uplift the young nation.
Local notes report a naval monthly sale by Elder Smith Co on Thursday due to next Friday being St Patrick's Day. Also advertised are a March 25 sale near J A Gallasch in Gladstone with carpenters tools galvanized iron and drapery packing cases plus a G W Smith bakery/confectioner business opening in Gladstone. A town hall event shows a star picture and other acts. further details promised.
Hoyleton annual fare reported with pleasant weather and satisfactory attendance. Secretary J A Graken performed duties. results list Wakefield, Shilling, and Macray River figures amid uncertain snippets. Capt W R Randall of Macray River fame noted death at Kei Adventite after years.
Me George Mitchell of Dimeden represents Mesure MacKarras Hazlett writes from Central Otago about the Gold Field known as Colic. He notes the remedy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is used and believers claim it cures the troubles after use. The piece urges others suffering from the complaint to try the remedy.
A four member deputation led by the mayor met with Public Works officials on Friday to press for flood relief work at Gladstone. They reported progress with a plan to remove trees, lower the weir, and clear the channel to divert water before winter, with £500 approved and work already starting to establish an open outlet and a proper channel through the railway reserve.
Reading fragments describe exhibits at a regional fair with cattle dairy cows and crops. Mentions trials at Paskeville last year and references to Roatan Tall and other cultivators. Includes note on Eander's Extract and medicinal products from Adelaide with a brief locals’ use context.
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